Keyword: «world war ii»

The article deals with fostering patriotism, development of linguistic competence and research skills of students while learning a foreign language at non-linguistic faculties. The research is devoted to the study of music of the allied states during Second World War, the role that music played on the fighting front and the home front.

The article discusses the features of the work of Soviet psychologists during the Great Patriotic War and after it. The main directions of ongoing psychological research work and their practical importance in helping the victims are investigated. The contribution of psychological science at different stages of the war and the features of the activities of scientists in wartime conditions are analyzed.

The article discusses the problem of the German people’s feeling of guilt for the crimes committed during the Third Reich through the prism of Willy Bredel’s short story “The Silent Village”. The theme of the guilt of the whole nation and its overcoming is an urgent issue in the modern world, as new generations begin to forget the events of the middle of the last century. The theme of the Holocaust, its understanding in different countries, has become relevant as well today.