English Translation

Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Landesstelle Böhmen und Mähren Landesnachforschungsdienst für Kriegs- gefangene, Kriegerlose u.Internete The working area of the Landesnac yachungsdien- stes, das . within the Landsstelle des Deu Roten Kreuzes is to be looked after, concerns research for missing Wehrmacht members, the care of German prisoners of war, the supervision of German civilian internees in the enemy country, the mediation of correspondence with non-internal German nationals in the Enemy country and finally other search and mediation actions. Of the above areas of work, the most extensive is by far the search for missing Wehrmacht members. It is also the most difficult, because here some psychological elements are considered i.e. The unhearing mental depression to which the relatives are subjected and which here is often greater due to uncertainty than if they have to deal with the fact of being fallen. The greatest burden here again offers the Russian war scene. While with the other enemy states the reflection on fallen, missing, etc. It is well known that the Soviet Union rejects the name of prisoners and the fallen, although this is contrary to martial law. All efforts made so far by the International Committee of the Red Cross or neutral states to turn the Soviet union away from this negative point of view were also unsuccessful. This situation now leads to the greatest difficulties in the search for missing persons on the eastern front, which unfortunately also in the population are not always accepted with the corresponding understanding. It is therefore necessary for the DRC departments to carry out a wide-ranging and comprehensible oral and written informational work on this subject. The number of missing persons at the Russian military site is large, since, insofar as there is not an impeccable celebration of the DRK's activities, the number of cases of missing people in the Russian war area is high.