Everyone remembers how many people, both civilians and military, died during the Great Patriotic War. Despite the fact that tens of years have passed since that time, some people still cannot find out how the fate of their relatives and ancestors, who disappeared during the war, has developed, and cannot find information about them. A few years ago, the search for people who disappeared during the war was a great difficulty, but today, in the era of high technologies, you can easily find the person you need.
Instructions
Step 1
To do this, use the electronic database "Memorial", existing since 2007, and located on the Internet at www.obd-memorial.ru/. Go to the site and find in the menu the section "Search by generalized data bank"
Step 2
In the input field that opens, write the first name, last name and patronymic of the person you want to find, and click the "Search" button. The database will give you a ready-made list of all the names to which the search according to your parameters responded.
Step 3
In addition to first names, surnames and patronymics in the search results, you will see information that will help determine the required person - date and place of birth, date of death, and other data. To read more detailed information about a person, click on his name and open a separate page, which will contain detailed data on the date of call to the front, duty station, military rank, and other facts of a person's life.
Step 4
Go to the section "Sources of factual information" - there you will find the source from which the above data were taken, and in which you can also find the date of death and place of burial of the found person, as well as information about his close relatives.
Step 5
The database of the Memorial website is impressive in its vastness and versatility - you can find almost every participant in the Great Patriotic War in it, and therefore this database is extremely useful for any modern person who decided to learn more about the life of his relatives who fought at the front.
