On the holding by employees of the institution «Zonal State Archive in Orsha» within the framework of the action «Archives for School» lectures on the topic «Bells of Memory. Belarusian children in concentration camps»

As part of the «Archives to School» campaign and events dedicated to the Year of Peace and Creation, on April 13, 2023, archive workers met with 7th grade students of the educational institution «Secondary School No. 7 in Orsha» and held an information hour for them on the topic : «Bells of memory. Belarusian children in concentration camps.

During this event, the children were shown photographs of Nazi atrocities against children in concentration camps. Toddlers and teenagers were taken by force from their mothers, blood was taken for wounded German soldiers, and medical experiments were carried out. Of the more than 24,000 deported Belarusian children, less than 2,000 survived. One out of eleven survived.