21 June 1946
Stanisława Zaleszczyk
Class 5b
Wisznice, Włodawa district
My wartime experience
Throughout 1944, the Soviets were driving the Germans away. When the Soviets approached Wisznice, we fled to the colony, where we dug trenches. I was in a trench when we heard the first cannon shot. I saw planes fighting in the air. The battle with the Germans lasted until the evening. Upon leaving, the Germans burned down the barracks, the bell tower and a barn, and in the dead of the night, they blew up the bridge.
In the morning I got up, got dressed and went to Wisznice to see what was going on. When I arrived in the town, I saw the Soviets driving in their tanks [and] cars.
After lunch, we came back home. During the night, we could perfectly hear the gunfire. After the front had passed, we could hear the bombing every day.