Requiem «Who went through hell» as part of the republican campaign «Archives for school»

On April 21, 2025, as part of the republican campaign «Archives for school», the Zonal State Archives in Polotsk took part in the requiem «Who went through hell», dedicated to the prisoners of concentration camps. The event was held at Branch No.1 – Children’s Library named after L.Tolstoy for students of Secondary School No.10 named after V.M.Azin in Polotsk. The participants of the event immersed themselves in the terrible events of the war years, learned about the conditions in which prisoners of concentration camps had to live and what suffering they endured.

Head of the Department of Use and Publication of Documents Dichkevich Marina Mikhailovna presented the message «Eyewitness Testimonies», prepared based on the documents of the archive. The students were introduced to the memories of witnesses and prisoners about the Nazi atrocities in the city of Polotsk and the Polotsk region. A video clip from the Belarusian State Film, Photo and Sound Documentation Archive «Prisoners» was also shown.

In the photos: Requiem «Who Went Through Hell»