On November 15, 2023, at VSMU, a meeting was held between the deputy head of the department of the prosecutor’s office of the Vitebsk region for supervision over the implementation of legislation in the troops, Igor Metelitsa, with the 1st year students of the Faculty of Medicine. The topic of the meeting was to inform students about the progress and results of the investigation into the criminal case of the genocide of the Belarusian people during the Great Patriotic War.

In his lecture Igor Vladimirovich spoke in detail about the destroyed settlements, the punitive operations of the Nazis, the death camps operating on the territory of the BSSR, and the activities of collaborationist formations. The event was attended by the Vice-Rector for Educational Work Natalya Boltrushevich, the deputy deans for educational work of the medical, dental, pharmaceutical and pediatric faculties, and the employees of the department for educational work with youth.