Pupils of the state social and pedagogical educational institution «Kobrin Children’s Village» visited the zonal state archive in Kobrin

On December 16, 2022, pupils of the state social and pedagogical educational institution «Kobrin Children’s Village» visited the Zonal State Archive in the city of Kobryn as part of the charity event «Our Children».

The staff of the archive told the pupils about the genocide of the civilian population in the territory of the Kobrin district of the Brest region. The children were shown the documents of the regional Extraordinary Commissions for establishing and investigating the atrocities of the Nazi invaders and the damage caused by them. The children were introduced to the website «Archives of Belarus» and the information portal «Partisans of Belarus».

The children were given a tour of the archive with a visit to the archives, during which they got acquainted with the conditions for storing documents, their composition and content. In particular, the children were shown the documents of the Kobrin children’s village, which are permanently stored in the archive.

The children also attended a master class, during which archive staff showed how documents go through full archival processing before being sent to permanent storage.

In the afternoon, archive workers, together with employees of the OPI of the Kobrin district, visited the pupils of the Kobrin children’s village, congratulated them on the upcoming New Year holidays and presented them with sweet gifts.