Memory lesson in the State Archives of the Minsk Region dedicated to the International Day of Liberation of Prisoners of Nazi Concentration Camps

On April 5, 2023, as part of the «Archives for School» campaign, a lesson in history was held in the State Archives of the Minsk Region memory «We must not forget about this» for 1st year students of the specialty «Industrial and civil construction» of the BNTU branch «Minsk State College of Architecture and Civil Engineering».

The event was dedicated to the International Day of the Liberation of Prisoners of Nazi Concentration Camps, which is celebrated annually on April 11.

During the lesson, students were shown unique archival documents – trophy cards for former Soviet soldiers who were in German captivity during the Great Patriotic War. In addition, the banners presented documents about Stalag No. 342 in Molodechno and Stalag No. 352 in Masyukovshchina, as well as work cards of Soviet citizens who were deported to Germany for forced labor.

The final of the meeting was a sightseeing tour, during which the children got acquainted with the work of the archive and the main activities of the institution, visited the archives, where they learned about the features of storing documents and their composition.