Свечи на ветру

The novel-trilogy "Candles in the Wind" tells about the life and death of a Jewish town in Lithuania. It is dedicated to the memory of the quarter-million community of Lithuanian Jews destroyed by the Germans and their accomplices during the Second World War, which is personified by the characters carefully and lovingly drawn by the author, and first of all, the protagonist of the trilogy, the young gravedigger Daniil, who in the inhuman conditions of the ghetto retained his humanity, adamant faith in goodness and justice, in the triumph of saving and all-conquering love over the forces of evil and hatred that rage around and seduce with their imaginary invincibility. Despite the tragedy, the novel is permeated with optimism and unobtrusively teaches courage, which is necessary for everyone at those fateful turns of history, when all God's commandments are grossly violated. Quotes from the book: "... and God is unfair, and the devil is unfair, and there's nothing to say about people. Such are the deeds." "Everything is possible with a man ... As with a sole. You can nail him, and tear him off, and nail him again."