{"id":1022679,"date":"2026-01-29T08:36:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T05:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/?p=1022679"},"modified":"2026-01-29T08:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T05:36:03","slug":"remembrance-and-grief-lesson-the-holocaust-memory-of-generations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/news\/1022679","title":{"rendered":"Remembrance and Grief Lesson \u00abThe Holocaust: Memory of Generations\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On January 27, <strong>the UN General Assembly<\/strong> established a commemorative date \u2013 <strong>International Holocaust Remembrance Day<\/strong>. It was on this day, January 27, <strong>that Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp, in 1945<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As part of <strong>the Patriot Club<\/strong>, a remembrance and grief lesson, <strong>\u00abThe Holocaust: Memory of Generations\u00bb<\/strong>, was held for 8th-grade students of <strong>Secondary School No.2 in Zhlobin<\/strong> at <strong>the Zhlobin Central District Library No.2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Irina Eliseeva, an archivist at the Zhlobin Zonal State Archive<\/strong>, was invited to the event. Irina Nikolaevna devoted special attention to the tragedies that occurred in the territory of modern-day Belarus, particularly the mass execution of Jews living in the city of Zhlobin and the Zhlobin district during the Great Patriotic War.<\/p>\n<p>The history of the Holocaust here is not about abstract figures, but about personal destinies, vanished streets, and the silence that replaced the once-vociferous Jewish community, forever leaving a tragic mark on the city&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>An archival employee provided original documents on the Zhlobin district, \u00abList of Citizens Executed and Deported to Germany in 1941-1945\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Irina Nikolaevna read from one of the archival documents, \u00abReport on the Interview of Eyewitnesses to the Execution of Jews in the City of Zhlobin\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Books became silent but eloquent witnesses to that era. <strong>Librarian Alla Dashkevich<\/strong> gave a detailed presentation of <strong>the thematic exhibition \u00abDedicated to the Victims of the Holocaust&#8230;\u00bb<\/strong>, where the documentary truth of chronicles met with the poignant power of artistic expression.<\/p>\n<p>The children learned the meaning of the word \u00abHolocaust\u00bb, the genocide of Jews during World War II, and the Nazi atrocities in the territories they occupied. They learned the difference between a death camp and a concentration camp.<\/p>\n<p>Against the backdrop of the musical \u00abJewish Prayer\u00bb, the participants lit a candle in memory of all the victims of the Holocaust.<\/p>\n<p><strong>After all, those who do not remember their past are doomed to relive it!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\"  width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"gen_table\">\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-95.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1079252\" class=\"wp-image-1079252 alignnone size-full\" width=\"50%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>1. Lesson in Remembrance and Grief \u00abThe Holocaust\u2014Memory of Generations\u00bb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2-66.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1079253\" class=\"wp-image-1079253 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"70%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>2. Archival Documents Exhibition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-52.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1079254\" class=\"wp-image-1079254 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"80%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>3. Irina Eliseeva presents archival documents telling the story of the tragedy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4-36.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1079255\" class=\"wp-image-1079255 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"80%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>4. Irina Eliseeva&#8217;s speech to the children<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 27, the UN General Assembly established a commemorative date \u2013 International Holocaust Remembrance Day. 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