On the participation of the institution «Belarusian State Archive of Film, Photo and Sound Documents» in the International Scientific and Practical Conference «Unified Memory is Faithful»

On March 27-28, 2024, the International Scientific and Practical Conference «Unified Memory is Faithful» was held at the Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War. The event, built in the form of a dialogue, brought together historians, teachers, museum experts, and archivists.

The report «Attribution of film documents from the period of liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders from the funds of BGAKFFD» was made by the head of the department of state accounting and scientific reference apparatus of BGAKFFD M.D.Romanova. In her report, she highlighted the department’s experience in attributing film documents from the Great Patriotic War period, and also gave examples of the results of such activities. In particular, the object of the study was the film chronicle material «The Liberation of Mozyr and Kalinkovich» (architect No. 35_00723). By comparing the cameraman’s filming and editing sheets and screen material, it was possible to determine the names of the operators involved in the filming: D.Ibragimov and E.Mukhin.

Also on March 27, the opening of the second part of the exhibition «Unified Memory is Faithful» took place. The exhibition is dedicated to the combat interaction of Belarusian partisans with the Red Army in the battles for Belarus. Topics such as the rescue of civilians – prisoners of the Ozarich camps in March 1944 by the 65th Army of the 1st Belorussian Front, the struggle of partisans against punitive forces in the spring-summer of 1944, the liberation of populated areas of the republic by partisans or partisans together with the army are reflected. This is a long-term joint project of BGAKFFD and the Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War, for the organization of which the archive provided background documents containing memories of partisans and Red Army soldiers about the liberation of the territory of Belarus.

During the International Scientific and Practical Conference «Unified Memory is Faithful»

During the work of the section of the International Scientific and Practical Conference «Unified Memory is Faithful»