About the book: 1969 / Anatoly Mednikov's novel "Open Account" is dedicated to the final period of the Great Patriotic War. An eyewitness and participant in military events, the writer talks about what is still little is known for now. The heroes of the book are our soldiers, intelligence officers, political workers, whose weapons are the fiery word of truth, which they address to the German soldier, the population of Hitler’s Germany. At the center of the novel are the images of intelligence officer Burtsev, officers Zubov and Liza Kopylova, the anti-fascist German Wendel, who contributes to the common cause of fighting the Nazis. The historical background of the story is very broad. These include the battles on the Oder, the battle for Berlin, and the events in the Spandau fortress. The writer also talks about the fate of the leaders of the fascist regime (Hitler, Bormann, Doenitz).