Conducting a lesson for 9th grade students as part of the «Archives for School» campaign

On May 12, 2023, as part of the action “Archives for School”, the “State Archive of the Grodno Region” institution held a lesson for 9th grade students of the State Educational Institution “Secondary School No. on the theme “Echoes of War”.

Schoolchildren were shown documentary materials reflecting the criminal activities of the Nazi invaders on the territory of the Grodno region during the Great Patriotic War.

Also, the attention of the students was presented to the exhibitions exhibited in the reading room of the archive “We brought this day closer as best we could …”, “There was a people’s war. Partisans and underground fighters of the Grodno region”, “Human fates. In memory of the victims of fascism.

Schoolchildren were given a tour of the archive, during which they visited the laboratory for the restoration, binding and repair of documents, as well as the archives. Students learned about the conditions for storing documents, saw the most valuable and unique documentary materials stored in the archive.