A book by the Polish writer and journalist Hannah Krall (p.) 1935) was written on the basis of conversations with Marek Edelman, one of those who led the resistance to the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto, and the only survivor after its defeat; Edelman later became a cardiologist The publication of the book "Ahead of the Lord God" made a sensation In simple, clear words, deliberately not embellishing anything and avoiding pathos, Edelman tells about the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto and about the people with whom he was then faced by fate. He talks about things that are really scary, which make the blood get cold in the veins . But, as Evgeny Yevtushenko writes in the afterword to the book, “only the knowledge of heartlessness leads to the knowledge of human hearts” ..