About the book: year / 1944. The Red Army liberates Belarus. To contain the onslaught, the Nazis placed a concentration camp along the front line, covering themselves with it as a human shield. In an effort to avoid losses among captured civilians, the Soviet command entered into negotiations with the Germans. Tankman Senior Lieutenant Alexei Sokolov also took part in them, whose beloved girlfriend Olga was among the prisoners. The Nazis agreed to spare the prisoners’ lives on the condition that ours would not pursue the retreating Wehrmacht units for 24 hours. But already on the way to the camp, Sokolov’s tankers encountered unforeseen terrible circumstances…