Tanya Savicheva [SEP] native language
Tanya Savicheva
Tatyana Nikolayevna Savicheva (), commonly referred to as Tanya Savicheva (23 January 1930 – 1 July 1944) was a Russian child diarist who endured the Siege of Leningrad during World War II. During the siege, Savicheva recorded the successive deaths of each member of her family in her diary, with her final entry indicating her belief to be the sole living family member. Although Savicheva was rescued and transferred to a hospital, she succumbed to intestinal tuberculosis in July 1944 at age 14.
Savicheva's image
Savicheva lost hope and under three more letters: С, У and О she filled three more pages with the words,
"The Savichevs are dead." "Everyone is dead." "Only Tanya is left."
After her rescue.
After the death of her mother, Savicheva stayed with a neighbour the next night and then, although severely weak, took the family personal belongings to the house of her aunt Evdokiya (Dusya). Her aunt, hoping Savicheva might receive urgent medical care, then