About holding an International round table in NARB

On April 25, 2024, the International Round Table «Nazi punitive operations on the territory of Belarus during the Great Patriotic War» was held at the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus (NARB). The forum was organized by NARB, the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, and Polotsk State University named after Euphrosyne of Polotsk.

NARB Director A.K.Demyanuk addressed the participants of the round table with a welcoming speech.

The event was attended by: leading researcher of the Publications Department of NARB, Ph.D. V.D.Selemenev, who spoke in detail about the punitive operations «Drizzling Rain» and «Spring Festival»; Researcher at the Center for Military History of Belarus at the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus V.N.Nadtochaev spoke about the activities of the secret field police using the example of the punitive operation «Spring Holiday»; leading researcher of the same center, candidate of historical sciences, associate professor A.A.Krivorot presented a report «Punitive operations of the German occupiers during a relative pause in the Belarusian direction of the Soviet-German front (April-June 1944)»; Leading researcher at the Center for General History, International Relations and Geopolitics, Ph.D., Associate Professor V.G.Shumilov spoke about the scientific and methodological apparatus for verifying the destroyed (damaged) settlements of Belarus during the Great Patriotic War; Head of the Department of History and Tourism of Polotsk State University named after Euphrosyne of Polotsk, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor A.I.Korsak presented an analytical summary of the factual data of the destroyed and damaged rural settlements of Belarus during the Nazi occupation; Professor of the Higher School of Social Sciences of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Doctor of History, Associate Professor E.E.Krasnozhenova presented the report «City of hunger, blockade and death: the blockade of Leningrad as a crime of Nazism».

The participants’ presentations sparked a lively and constructive discussion.

1. During the discussion

2. Speech by A.I.Korsak

3. During the speech of E.E.Krasnozhenova

4. Speech by V.N.Nadtachaev