This little piece of clay and water wasn t even everybody s privilege. Those who stayed alive continued to provide the Leningrad front with much needed arms and equipment. The residents of the western regions evacuated to the east relocated their factories. They worked in the open sky, under the hard autumn rain, and in the insanely cold winter. The spit was freezing in the air, before reaching the ground.
Some workers didn t even have warm gloves.
The open hands were sticking to the metal. The roofs of the workshops were built later over already working machines. Elderly, women and children operated the machines. To reach the support of their machines the children used to stand on wooden boxes. The front received the needed new equipment and ammunition.