On December 19, 2022, an event for 8th grade students of the educational institution «Secondary School No. 1 of Gomel» was held as part of the «Archives for School» campaign

On December 19, 2022, in the institution «State Archive of the Gomel Region» as part of the action «Archives for School», an event was held for students of the 8th grade of the educational institution «Secondary School No. 1 in Gomel».

The director of the archive Sushchevich A.N. met the students, who, in his welcoming speech, spoke about the history of the creation of the archive, its main activities. Schoolchildren were introduced to the exhibition «November 26, 1943 – the liberation of the city of Gomel».

For the next 45 minutes, Andrey Nikolayevich held a lesson-lecture, at which he told the children about the heroic past of our ancestors, who, at the cost of their lives, liberated the cities of the Gomel region from the Nazi invaders, about the crimes committed by the Nazi invaders on the territory of the Gomel region during the Great Patriotic War, about perpetuating in our country the memory of civilians – victims of the Nazi invaders. Also, the students were shown a documentary newsreel of 1943 about the liberation of the city of Gomel from the Nazi invaders.

It is necessary to appreciate, remember and be proud of your heritage. Today, Western countries are trying to distort history, but the memory of living witnesses of those terrible events cannot be erased, as well as archival documents, photos and video materials that shed light on the truth, – said A.N.Sushchevich, director of the State Archive of the Gomel Region.

As part of the event, students also had a tour of the archives and archives, where the children got acquainted with archival documents on the genocide of civilians in the Gomel region.