On conducting a historical memory lesson for students of the educational institution «Gomel State Mechanical Engineering College» as part of the «Archives for School» campaign on the basis of the institution «State Archive of Public Associations of the Gomel Region»

On February 1, 2024, as part of the «Archives to School» campaign, a lesson in historical memory was held at the institution «State Archive of Public Associations of the Gomel Region» with students of the educational institution «Gomel State Mechanical Engineering College».

During the event, students were familiarized with archival documents about the genocide of civilians in the Gomel region and documents from the personal funds of participants in the Great Patriotic War.

The guys studied the most interesting documents from the pre- and post-war periods. Of particular interest were the personal files of the members of the Gomel People’s Militia Regiment who defended Gomel in August 1941, the memories of veterans of the Great Patriotic War who participated in the defense of Gomel, as well as the personal files of Heroes of the Soviet Union.

Also, as part of the meeting, archivists organized a screening of a video about the liberation of Gomel, prepared by the State Archive of Film, Photo and Sound Documents as part of the Open Film Archive project.

At the end of the event, the archivists answered numerous questions from the students and conducted a tour of the archives, during which they introduced the main activities of the archive, as well as the composition and content of its funds.