About the book: 1981 / Collection of stories by a famous anti-fascist writer, a man with a heroic destiny. In the book, the author, talking about children, gives a picture of the revolutionary struggle in Germany over the last century. Dear guys! This book will introduce you to the work of the famous German anti-fascist writer Karl Weken. In it, the author talks about children who actively helped their fathers and mothers in the struggle for a bright future for the German people. The first part of the collection is dedicated to the historical past of Germany, starting from the 70s of the last century and including the years of the fight against Hitlerism (“Once upon a time in Berlin, Dresden..."). The second part of the book will tell you about the life of schoolchildren in the German Democratic Republic. At the end of the book we publish a short afterword, which will serve as a historical commentary on the events described in the book. His friend, the German writer Hansgeorg Mayer, talks about the author of the book in his preface to it. Drawings N . P. Pinkisevich.