Remembers of the descendants of the Russian Germans about the years of War.

The article is devoted to the recollections of the descendants of Russian Germans about the World WarII. The basis was the interviews received from nine informants, as well as materialsfrom their family archives. The article tells about the fate of German families during the war years. Particular emphasis is placed on deportation on a national basis and the stay in a labor army by representatives of these families. The article introduces new factual material of private origin into science. Interviews and materials of family archives of informants expand the circle of knowledge about events in the mid-twentieth century, including ethnic deportations, and allow clarifying many facts of the “official” history.