AIU students visited the ALGIERS Memorial: History lessons

On October 15, students of the educational programs "History and Archaeology", "International Relations", "Translation" and "Psychology" of the Higher School of Arts and Humanities of Astana International University (AIU) visited the memorial complex "ALGIERS", deepening their knowledge about the tragic events of the twentieth century.

The exhibition includes documents, memoirs, letters and newsreels of prisoners of the ALGIERS and KARLAG camps, as well as personal belongings handed over by relatives of the repressed. The museum memorializes the names of more than 8 thousand women out of 18 thousand prisoners who passed through ALGERIA. Among the prisoners were representatives of 62 nationalities, including 87 Kazakhs.

The visitors also got acquainted with the unique objects provided by the son of the leader of the Alash movement Alimkhan Ermekov — Magauia Alimkhanovich. AIU Professor Kanat Saduakovich Oskembayev, who actively participated in the opening of the museum, contributed to the creation of the exhibition.

The ALGIERS complex is not only a memory of the victims of repression, but also an important reminder to future generations of the need to preserve the historical truth and learn from the past in order to prevent the recurrence of such tragedies.