On the participation of the National Archives in the dialogue platform of the National Children’s Educational and Health Center «Zubryonok»

On March 14, 2023, within the framework of the Republican action «Archives for School», a dialogue platform was held, in which employees of the National Archives and students of the 8th grade of the National Children’s Educational and Recreation Center «Zubryonok» took part, who achieved high rates in educational and social work, engaged in educational – research activities aimed at preserving the memory of the historical past of our country.

A presentation on the activities of the National Archives was made by Deputy Director E.V.Kushnova, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Head of the Publications Department S.V.Kulinok held an online lesson «Documentary heritage of the period of the Great Patriotic War as an important element of preserving historical memory» and «On the genocide of the Belarusian people during the Great Patriotic War».

In his speech, S.V.Kulinok focused on documents on the history of the partisan movement, spoke about the destruction of the civilian population during the war years, and cited facts on the implementation by the Nazis of a policy to hide the traces of their crimes (Action-1005). Also S.V. Kulinok spoke about the publication activities of the archive, about the importance of an archival document as a primary source in the study of historical facts. Schoolchildren were presented with a mini-exhibition of collections of archival documents, among which is the series «Without a statute of limitations. Belarus».

E.V.Kushnova and S.V.Kulinok answered the questions of young researchers and called on schoolchildren to appreciate and love the history of our country.