Information regarding issuance of death certificates for persons who died in German concentration camps in Czechoslovakia, such as Terezin, is obtainable from the repatriation office of the Czechoslovak Ministry of Social Welfare in Prague, the State Department announced today.
Applications for the death certificates should give the name of the deceased date and place of birth, last permanent residence, probable date of death and any other helpful information. Communications should be addressed directly to “Zepatriani Odbor Pri Ministerstvu Ochreny Prece A Socfalni Pace, Praha II, Hebernska 2, Czechoslovakia.
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