Meeting with students of the State Educational Institution «Secondary School No. 3 of Novogrudok named after V.G. Gakhovich» as part of the «Young Archivist» project

On March 22, 2024, as part of the «Young Archivist» project, a meeting was held between an employee of the institution «Zonal State Archive in Novogrudok» and 9th grade students from secondary school No. 3 in Novogrudok. V.G. Gakhovich.

At the lesson «Burnt villages of Novogrudok during the Great Patriotic War,» the head of the department for ensuring the safety, recording and use of documents N.A. Pisaruk told students about the partisan detachments operating in the region, the socio-economic situation of the population during the years of German occupation, the tragic events associated with the Novogrudok ghetto and punitive expeditions against civilians. The guys studied archival documents confirming the facts of the atrocities of the Nazi invaders in the Novogrudok region, including the burning of populated areas, large-scale «pacification actions» against the partisan and underground movement, as well as documents containing information about the numerous victims and irreparable losses that the war.