DISPOSAL OF PERSONAL DOCUMENTS OF DECEASED PERSONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010100440007-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 8, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 19, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATIOP ~, c~a:-II bt6F,Y OMaTION
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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Disposal of Personal Documents of
Deceased Persons
appropriate entry is made in the SNB card files vfnieh are kept on
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,ational CorLmittee inforils the local a B office of the death, and
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1. Upon the death of an individual in Czechoslovakia, if he has not been under
medical care just prior to his death, the first to be notified is the State
District Physician, The physician performs an examination to make certain
the. person is dead and to -determine the cause of death. He then writes the
results of this examination on the Death Certificate (ohledavaci 'list) which
is required before the uec3a.sod1s affairs can be settled. In cases where an
individual was being treated by a general practitioner prior to his death,
the State District Physician is still the .only person who is authorized to
c,niduet -,;te oedi cal examination. The general practitioner must re-port to
., e State Distri ek" Phys' cian t ha. ; }e' shod used to treat the patie mt;.
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The Death Certificate issued -o the deceased's next of 'An, by the State
District Physician is first taken to the Local National Commlttoe office for
reristration, and an Official Death Certificate (umrtni list) is then issued.
i Isis docu;ne it is required before the deceased may be b' ?ied. Tile Local .
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The Local National Committee where he legally resided informs the local SI
office which .~al,es the appropriate entry in their card files. The same is
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also done at the SNB office in the town in which . the individzza 7_ died.
the deceased had personal 'Property or real estate, the 113 ascertains whether
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there are any living relatives and if none are founts, 3e-es
auction and the money gained is used to pay the Local National Committee for
the ex eases of burial.. The avtho~?ities decide then whit -will be done with
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n entry is made on ti e-=-card showing the date and place of death and
? aid is returned to 611e relative. Ration cards may not be used after
the day the meson to whom they were issued dies. These cards are registe'red
_jit the e prPpr ate ff -Ice and records are changed accordingly. Off ial
xrc s'. anti legal pipe s T7lii ch allow the bearer special privilege 3, such as
the official card of SND :,,cembers, STB members, the official bade and card
for nnpl Dices of price control offices, 3tc., must all be returned to the
issuing office. Cards authorizing special rail rates must be returned to
the office which employed the deceased and the office returns then to the
i=ssuing agency. If the abpve-mentioned documents and credentials are not
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the SIM and the Local National Committee, to find the documents and secure
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deceased has no relatives, his personal documents are r^etair d' by- the
L .& fationai`Corimittee or by the local SNB station. Decu:~ents which serve
as i4 itification are returned to the proper issuing agency. If the
daeu ent8 are given to the janitor or house manager, he roust either hand
them over to the deceased's relatives or to the nearest SIJB station or. Local
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procedure, and if the relatives wish, they may co
one calls for them, they are kept with-the record of the case and are
returned to the appropriate issuing agencies by the court.
In case of a fatal accident or violent death, the person authorized to care
for the body is the SIB member who first arrives at the. scene. He searches
the clothes of the deceased and takes all personal belongings and documents
found on the body. These belongings and docunefits are later submitted to
the legal court along with the SIM member .s report of the-case. .The personal
documents wh? h are sent to court` are not considered important-to the legal
and claim them. If no
In the case.of death. by accident or c hence an autopsy is always
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and is in n Ong all suspects.
19. In the event 'of death by accident in an office car national enterprise., an
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over the personal belongings and documents directly to the family,. or he
sends the-documents to the issuing authorities and merely returns the
personal belongings to the relatives. In any case, the relatives are given
the ID card of the deceased, so.that.the necessary entry concerning the
death be ado by_tl e Loc.a~ ^,Ntio al Co vn eetnber has evalready ent that Dyed
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te'legranhs they' Ministry of iTati.o.nal. Defense and the unit to? zt ich the
deceased belonged. At the sama' tire, the -hospital also infor is the parents
or relatives of .the deceased and his Local National, Committee or local ;WP:
station.- The soldier's military book is returned- to :the 'issuing un?t by the
military' hospital. The company of the deceased" soldier, returns all, civilian
personal. documents together with his ID- card: to the SNB station where the. deceased` m IN . h' l . al residence. : If a member; of the arned forces is
-k 1 ed n suicide, or meets with violent death in some
other w unit sends a telegram to. the 14inistry of
National D :incident to the military procurator, to the
superior command and to the soldier's family, or to the SNB station or Local
National Committee where the deceased maintained his legal residence. The
coYnmahder then a aj a military legal mmn d4 +- 'k- di snatched to the
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Boas 'not interfere with accidents which irrvolve only military personnel,
but ;is interested solely in cases in which civilians are implicated. In
such ii tances, the STII3 investigates the civilian concerned, while the DOE
handles 'the investigation of military personnel.
].?. T4ilJ,tary personnel are not permitted to retain their personal documents,.
legal papers, membership cards, etc. during the period of compulsory military
{e_.rvi4t. The ID card is kept together with the soldier's military record
the Military authorities. The card is returned to the owner at the end of
his military service. Ration cards and food tickets are turned over to=the
Qt rteriitaster Service at the beginning of the soldier's military service.
The Qiaxtermaster is responsible for sending these cards and tickets,back to
the individual's Local National Committee. .Legal papers.and cards of any
kind (sic) are returned by-the soldier to his employer before he enters the
service,
Z ? Upon :the death of a member of the armed forces, the Death Certificate is
issued by a militar; chief physician.. Then the Local Natiorxa.l Committee at
the place where the body is to be buried may issue an Official Death
Certificate. If the soldier has no relatives, the Army assumes responsibility
for the burial and expenses involved. Personal documents of the deceased are
sent by the company to the Local National Committee where the deceased
legally resided prior to his entry into military service.
110 The further use of a deceased person's documents is possible only. so long as
the, illegal holder of the documents is not screened, since. all documents
are registered by the individual issuing offices, and since records of deaths
are kept by. both the local SNB station where the deceased .resid4d and. by the
Local National Committee,
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