A collection of memoirs of employees and readers of the Centralized Library System of the Krasnogvardeysky District of St. Petersburg about their own lives and the lives of their relatives during the Great Patriotic War . It is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Victory and the Year of Memory and Glory, announced in 2020. in Russia. Our authors remembered the soldiers and commanders who passed the war, home front workers, mothers and children who contributed to the common Victory, who suffered difficulties, hardships and hardships. Each memory shows with what warmth and pride the authors keep the memory of their loved ones and try to pass it on to their descendants. Thus preserving forever the life of their ancestors, their misfortunes, hopes, exploits, the very "miracle of life" during the war. As long as we remember the past, we preserve the future.