True to the basic principles of his work, Becher, in the story AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIFTH, posed large universal problems of both political and moral terms. True, he is not consistent in everything. Sometimes motives of abstract suffering take over; Some pages seem overly sentimental. But one thing is certain: this is a deeply serious and honest attempt by the author to understand the important problems of our time. Ulrnh Becher’s book is a warning against the danger of reviving the dark days of the past and at the same time a testament to a new generation in the West, which sometimes tends to forget at what cost the victory over fascist barbarism was achieved. This is the relevance of W. Becher’s story.