On the search for traces: Maor's remains in the focus of Project 515

On the search for traces: Maor's remains in the focus of Project 515

The project 515, which will be carried out in the period from 2021 to 2025, aims to coordinate the search for martyrs in Vietnam and to organize its collection. According to vietnam.vn The provincial association of the war veterans works closely with the provincial military command and the steering committee 24. The aim of the project is to record and review information about martyrs, its graves and not identified remains.

In the past five years, over 2,100 information forms have been published and 200 forms with information on sacrificial locations and graves have been collected. The authorities have also organized surveys, created comparison records and created cards to support the search for martyrs. A highlight of the activities was the commemoration and funeral of the remains of martyrs on May 31, 2025 at the Ninh Hoa - van Ninh.

activities for the identification of martyrs

The members of the Veteran Association carried out and compared military documents. In 2022 they discovered the remains of the martyr Ca La Ni in the Gugana area and exhumed them. The remains of martyr Giang van Man were also exhumed after six months of coordination and buried in Hanoi in 2022. In 2024, the Veteran Association of the City of Cam Ranh found two martyrs in the Cam Loc.

Under the leadership of the provincial party committee and the provincial association committee, the project 515 will continue to do a comprehensive documentation and propaganda thesis in order to strengthen awareness and responsibility towards martyrs in society. Over 17,800 members of the association, many with combat experience, are actively involved in identification and search for martyrs.

identification and documentation of war victims

parallel to the activities in Vietnam, the Federal Archives in Germany research into identification brands that, together with the remains, help to clarify fates of war dead. In the case of identification brands found, the responsible state associations or local authorities should be informed about the rescue remains. The Federal Archives take on the task of determining the names of the carriers of the identification brands.

It is important that the identification brand remains at the site; It is essential for the identification process. This procedure enables the correction of deaths and the conversion into personal graves. Personal objects found in salvages can be handed over to any living relatives.

However, the Federal Archives are usually not interested in identification brands without mortal remains, since they are often only surface finds. Applications for deciphering the identification brands, which are processed by the directories kept in the Federal Archives, can cause costs that are up to 20 euros per tested identification brand.

For the research, the submission of a completed application application is necessary to determine the name and the fate situation of the soldier. Information about natural persons is only published in accordance with the legal provisions ten years after death, whereby the protection period ends at the latest 100 years after birth if the year of death cannot be determined.