Members of military historical clubs, perform a mock battle between the Soviet and Nazi troops during the ceremony at the Brest fortress, on the 70th anniversary the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union of 1941, in the town of Brest, Belarus, June 22, 2011.

Members of military historical clubs, dressed WWII style, perform a mock battle between the Soviet and Nazi troops during the ceremony at the Brest fortress, marking the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, in the town of Brest, Belarus, June 22, 2011. Soldiers of Brest fortress, surrounded by German troops in first days of the war and fought them for weeks, becoming a legendary symbol of Soviet soldiers' heroism.

Russian Orthodox Church clergymen stand under rain during a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Moscow's Kremlin wall, June 22, 2011, to mark the 70th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.

A woman visits the Preobrazhenskoye cemetery, during commemorations on the 70th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, in Moscow, June 22, 2011. Germany started their the military offensive called 'Operation Barbarossa,' on this day in 1941.

D-Day veteran Rangers stand at attention and salute during the commemorative ceremony of the 67th anniversary of the Allied invasion as part of Operation Overlord, in Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France on June 6. A reduced group of surviving veterans, who stormed the battery 67 years ago, were present for the inauguration of a monument in their honor.

British veteran Gordon Smith cries while walking along the beach of Arromanches-les-Bains, northwestern France, during a ceremony to mark the 67th D-Day anniversary on June 6, 1944 allied landings in Normandy, then occupied by Nazi Germany.

A man wearing a US World War II uniform walks on the beach of Saint-Laurent sur Mer (Omaha Beach) in northwestern France on June 6.

Nikolay Makarov, a member of an excavation team searching for the remains of Soviet soldiers killed during WWII, holds a medal at the village of Sinyavino, 31 miles east of St.Petersburg, Russia.

Nikolay Makarov holds a medal from WWII For the Defense of Leningrad at the village of Sinyavino.

Coffins are prepared before a funeral ceremony at a cemetery in Sinyavino on May 6, for the remains of over 500 Soviet soldiers killed during World War II.

Members of search teams which found remains of Soviet soldiers killed during World War II, carry coffins during a funeral ceremony at the village of Sinyavino, Friday, May 6, 2011. The remains of over 500 soldiers killed in heavy battles during World War II near Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in 1942-1944, were buried during a ceremony in Sinyavino.

Gravestones at the WWII soldier's cemetery in the village of Sinyavino.

Ruth Gruber in her New York City apartment.