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In the summer of 1941, German troops surrounded the Russian city of Leningrad – now St Petersburg – and began the longest blockade in recorded history.
At the centre of the embattled city stood a converted palace that housed the greatest living plant library ever amassed: the world’s first seed bank. After attempts to evacuate the collection failed and supplies dwindled, the scientists responsible faced a terrible decision: should they distribute the specimens to the starving population or preserve them in the hope that they held the key to ending global famine?
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