Commemoration meeting in Vienna to mark 70th anniversary of the Victory in WWII

On 27 April 2015 a commemoration meeting was held in Vienna to mark the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The meeting was organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Austria.

An exhibition of documents “The Land of Courage and Glory” was prepared by the Belarus Department for Archives and Records Management of the Justice Ministry, the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus, the Belarusian State Archives of Films, Photographs and Sound Recordings, with the participation of the Russian State Archives of Socio-Political History and Belarusian regional and local state archives.

A feature film “The Brest Fortress” was shown for the first time in Vienna.

Attendees at the event were representatives of the Austrian government agencies, public institutions and the media accredited in Austria, ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps. Participants at the event also included Belarusians residing in Austria and representatives of the Russian-speaking community in Vienna.