«They forged the victory!» The Zonal State Archives in Molodechno took part in a round table dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus

Published: August 23, 2024

On August 22, 2024, a meeting was held in Molodechno with Russian guests from the Foundation for the Preservation of Historical Memory and Support of Patriotic Initiatives «PEACE FOR LIFE» and the autonomous non-profit organization «Community of Descendants of Moscow Militiamen of the Great Patriotic War». The topic of this meeting was the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders. Archivist of the Department for the Use and Publication of Documents O. Berezovskaya gave a report on the topic «Genocide during the Great Patriotic War on the Molodechno Land» based on documents stored in the archive. During the presentation, documents and testimonies of former prisoners of war of the concentration camp «Stalag-342» were demonstrated, testifying to the mass extermination of the country’s population. The topic of searching for little-known facts about the Great Patriotic War in archival documents and the development of archival work in this area was also touched upon.

As part of this event, the institution «Zonal State Archive in Molodechno» demonstrated a display of mobile documentary exhibitions «Genocide of the Belarusian people during the Great Patriotic War according to archive documents» and «Towards the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945)».

1. Berezovskaya O.N. during the report.

2 Berezovskaya O.N. during the report.

3. President of the Foundation for the Preservation of Historical Memory and Support of Patriotic Initiatives «PEACE FOR LIFE» Alexander Anatolyevich Novikov during his speech.

4. Poltavets Irina Aleksandrovna – Head of the Department of Methodological Literature and Bibliographic Support of the Information and Analytical Department of the Moscow City Duma.

5. Participants of the Round Table.

6. Mobile documentary exhibitions «The genocide of the Belarusian people during the Great Patriotic War based on documents from the institution «Zonal State Archive in Molodechno» and «Towards the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945)».