{"id":32525,"date":"2026-07-17T18:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T01:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=32525"},"modified":"2026-07-17T18:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T01:14:07","slug":"my-first-day-of-war-a-book-that-brings-together-the-memories-hidden-in-childrens-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2026\/07\/17\/my-first-day-of-war-a-book-that-brings-together-the-memories-hidden-in-childrens-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMy First Day of War\u201d: A Book That Brings Together the Memories Hidden in Children\u2019s Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"

(ANS \u2013 Zhytomyr)<\/strong> \u2013 The bilingual book My First Day of War<\/em><\/strong>, published in Ukrainian and English, was officially launched in June 2026<\/strong>. It is neither a novel nor a historical essay, but rather a collection of firsthand accounts by students and teachers from Vsesvit Salesian High School<\/strong> in Zhytomyr<\/strong>, who share their personal memories of February 24, 2022<\/strong>\u2014the day that forever changed the lives of Ukrainians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project was conceived and coordinated by Natalia Nahalevska<\/strong>, an Italian language teacher and deputy head of studies at the school. She encouraged students to record their memories so that their experiences from the first days of the war would not be lost over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI realized that, as time passed, many of the details and experiences connected with the first hours and days of the war would gradually fade from memory. That\u2019s why I suggested to the students\u2014of course, only those who wanted to\u2014that they put their memories down on paper. Almost all of them wanted to participate. I still remember a little girl who, after finishing her story, took a deep breath and said, \u2018Phew\u2026 I finally feel better.\u2019 At that moment, I realized that many children had been carrying those experiences silently in their hearts without ever speaking about them before,\u201d said Natalia Nahalevska<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book brings together personal testimonies from students and teachers, photographs, excerpts from correspondence, handwritten letters from the children, and drawings. Each page not only documents the sequence of events but also captures the emotions experienced during those first days of the war\u2014fear, uncertainty, hope, solidarity, and faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project took nearly a year to complete. Thanks to the combined efforts of students, teachers, and benefactors, the publication has become not only a valuable record of the experiences of Ukrainian children, but also a meaningful expression of the Salesian<\/strong> educational mission, which continues to accompany young people and form them in a spirit of faith, hope, and love\u2014even amid the tremendous challenges of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fuente:<\/strong> Salesians, Zhytomyr<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(ANS \u2013 Zhytomyr) \u2013 The bilingual book My First Day of War, published in Ukrainian and English, was officially launched in June 2026. It is neither a novel nor a historical essay, but rather a collection of firsthand accounts by students and teachers from Vsesvit Salesian High School in Zhytomyr, who share their personal memories of February 24, 2022\u2014the day that forever changed the lives … Continuar leyendo \u201cMy First Day of War\u201d: A Book That Brings Together the Memories Hidden in Children\u2019s Hearts<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":32529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[529149631,516714022],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salesian-education","category-salesian-world-news"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-8sB","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-07-17-book-Dayofwar-feature.jpg?fit=1600%2C875&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32525"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32531,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32525\/revisions\/32531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}