On the visit of the BGANTD and BGAMLI employees to the Trostenets Memorial Complex

On October 24, 2024, employees of the Belarusian State Archive of Scientific and Technical Documentation and the Belarusian State Archive-Museum of Literature and Art visited the Trostenets Memorial Complex.

The Trostenets Memorial Complex is a significant monument dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Great Patriotic War. It is located on the site of the largest death camp in Belarus, which operated from 1941 to 1944. In terms of the number of victims, Trostenets ranks fourth after such infamous Nazi camps in Europe as Auschwitz, Majdanek and Treblinka. More than 200 thousand people were exterminated there by the Nazis, including prisoners of war, Jews and civilians.

The complex unites the places of mass extermination of people: the death camp of the same name, the Shashkovka tract and the Blagovshchina tract.

This memorial is of great importance both for Belarus and for the whole world, being an important symbol of memory, grief and warning against the horrors of war and genocide, as well as a call for peace and tolerance for future generations.

As part of the visit to the complex, the archives’ working teams met with servicemen of the 2nd Order of the Red Star Engineering Brigade and the Mine Action Center of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus. The center is designed to train military specialists to perform demining tasks. The employees got acquainted with the living conditions, and also saw with their own eyes how sappers act in a given situation, with the help of what means demining is carried out.

A visit to the Trostenets Memorial Complex and a meeting with servicemen significantly broadened the horizons of the employees and enriched their knowledge.

1. Director of BGANTD A.P.Kurakov with archive staff

2. During a meeting with servicemen of the 2nd Order of the Red Star Engineering Brigade and the Anti-Mine Center of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus

3. During a meeting with servicemen of the 2nd Order of the Red Star Engineering Brigade and the Anti-Mine Center of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus