The siege went on for three and a half years, and it was a siege without water, without power, without electricity, without heat, without food, in the middle of Europe, in the middle of the 20th century.
Die Belagerung dauerte dreieinhalb Jahre, es gab kein Wasser, keine Energie, keinen Strom,  keine Heizung, kein Essen, mitten in Europa, mitten im 20.