Conducting a lesson for 10th grade students as part of the «Archives for School» campaign at the institution «State Archives of the Grodno Region»

On November 2, 2023, as part of the «Archives for School» campaign, the institution «State Archives of the Grodno Region» for 10th grade students of the State Educational Institution «Lyceum No.1 named after. Academician Yu.M. Ostrovsky in Grodno» a lesson was held on the topic «Partisan and underground struggle on the territory of the Grodno region during the Great Patriotic War».

The archive staff told the children about how the struggle of partisans and underground fighters unfolded under the conditions of a harsh occupation regime. Students familiarized themselves with documentary materials about the activities of underground groups and partisan brigades stored in the archive: orders from the headquarters of partisan brigades, information about the sabotage work done, about the combat and numerical composition of partisan detachments and brigades, notebooks, photographs, memories and letters of participants in the partisan and underground anti-fascist movement.

In the laboratory for restoration, binding and repair of documents, students observed the process of restoring paper media. The lesson ended with a sightseeing tour of the archives.