If you are writing a book about military events, then you cannot do without a hero of legendary battles, and now a venerable veteran. If you are a school history teacher, your Victory Day lesson of courage will be incomplete without the stories of a combatant.
Necessary
- - primary data about the veteran (name, city of residence);
- - Internet access;
- - telephone.
Instructions
Step 1
If you need to find a veteran, you can, of course, send an official request to the archives or the passport office of the area where he supposedly lives. However, the information held by these institutions may be incomplete or outdated.
Step 2
Veterans of Afghanistan, the Great Patriotic War, and the Chechen wars united in various public organizations. The most common among them are city, district, village councils of veterans.
Step 3
Therefore, it is better to contact the veterans council. There is all the necessary data on the Internet (addresses where these organizations are located, contact numbers, names and surnames of managers). Request information about the veteran you are interested in. You will most likely not be given his address, as it is confidential information. Offer management an alternative. For example, you attend an event where the person you want will be at and you will meet there.
Step 4
If you are informed that the veteran has moved, then most likely he will register with a similar association at a new place of residence. Then you can ask the leadership of the veterans council to send a request there, or do it yourself.
Step 5
There are also veterans' houses where war veterans live permanently. In the process of searching, you can go there. You should also understand that information about residents is confidential, and management may refuse to provide you with it. Therefore, you must have a good reason to search and documents to prove your identity.
Step 6
In recent years, cases of attacks on veterans (mainly of the Great Patriotic War) by hunters for rare military awards have become more frequent. Therefore, be prepared to be treated with suspicion and distrust. You can smooth out these difficulties of communication by talking about your professional activity and supporting your story with documents.
