Konstantin Bogomolov: "After the verdict"

“How can I explain to those people who, after the verdict, shout: fuck them, that’s what they need, let them sit, let them rest... and so on, and so on... Here is the artistic director of the theater, where I have the honor sometimes, and recently time to work constantly, he said that when they were leading columns of captured Germans, the boys foolishly insulted them... And the mothers were severely punished for this. Neither spitting nor a word of abuse was allowed. On the contrary, there was not enough bread to offer. This meant remaining human, simply remaining human, even towards those who brought so much death and nightmare into your homes. Because now they were punished by fate and the country. That’s what Mom taught. their Children in that War."