Winter during the war. Terlai Yang

December 1944. The Netherlands have been in occupation for five years. There are sixteen mihil, and he lives in constant fear. Recently, in a neighboring village, all men were hanged on the lanterns. And yesterday the neighbors were arrested. Everyone has a relative forced to hide from the Nazis, or a friend in a concentration camp. Only the burgomaster, the father of Mikhil, restrains the cruelty of the invaders from the last forces. The request is vital - and deadly. Mihil alone will not cope. But who can you trust? Who risks help? For any resistance and disobedience - execution...

Jan Terlau (born in 1931) - a famous European politician and writer. Immediately after the release of the story “Winter during the War” in 1972, he received the Golden Feather Award - the main award of the Netherlands in the field of children's literature. His book, one of the most popular in his homeland, easily stands in a row with such classic works about military childhood as the “cloud regiment” of Eduard Verkin and “When I was little, we had war...” Stanislav Olefir. In 2008, the story was filmed by Martin Kulhoven. In Russia, the film was released under the name "Winter in wartime."

for secondary and senior school age.