About the visit to the National Historical Archive of Belarus in Grodno by the Charge d’Affaires of the State of Israel in the Republic of Belarus Zvi Mirkin

On January 26, 2024, Chargé d’Affaires of the State of Israel in the Republic of Belarus Zvi Mirkin visited the National Historical Archive of Belarus in Grodno in order to familiarize himself with the activities of the archive and further cooperation in the field of creating collections of documents about the history of the Jews of Belarus, noting the importance of publications for preserving objective historical memory of the tragedy of the Jews in Belarus.

Diplomat Zvi Mirkin got acquainted with the main activities of the archive, visiting the archival depository, the laboratory for special processing of archival documents and the scientific reference library, where he read with great interest excerpts from the 1573 book «Commentarij Ioannis Merceri in proverbia Salomonis» («Interpretation of the parables of Solomon, Ecclesiates and Song of Songs»).