The Holocaust Reunion Project
Empowering Holocaust Survivors and their children to find family and reclaim their histories through the power of DNA testing.
The mission of the Holocaust Reunion Project is to harness the power of commercial DNA testing, combined with expert genealogical research, both to reunite Holocaust survivors and their children with living relatives and to illuminate the family history that has been lost to genocide. DNA can unlock mysteries and make crucial connections, often linking survivors to living relatives they did not know they had. DNA matches can also open the door to help survivors reconstruct their shattered trees and reclaim their lost history, often reconnecting lines of communication severed by the Holocaust.
We distribute free DNA kits to Holocaust survivors and their children; provide free consultation services to survivors and their children; and offer educational opportunities to shed light on the possibilities of genetic genealogy for the survivor community.
Your donation will help us run the program, including providing DNA kits to Holocaust survivors and their children, ordering pertinent records for families, and hiring translators and local genealogists to optimize our research.
The Holocaust Reunion Project is a project of Players Philanthropy Fund Inc, a Texas nonprofit corporation by IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal Tax ID: 27-6601178,ppf.org/pp). Contributions to The Holocaust Reunion Project qualify as tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Donors
Sandy Lerman This donation is in memory of my maternal grandfather from Czechoslovakia, who lost his wife, twins, parents, 7 of his 10 siblings, and countless extended family in the Shoah. He survived Theresensteidt, Auschwitz-Birkenau,, Mathausen, and ...
Abe Wasserberger Families fractured, scattered in barbaric Nazi killing fields, The Holocaust Reunion Project performs miracles. HRP uses state-of-the-art technology and good old fashion research to restore family histories, and in many cases, finds far fl...
Stephen Caraccia Jennife and Adina -
"Many in our community believe the Holocaust created an uncrossable chasm in our history, but that’s not true.”...
Kim Norton 1Growing up in Cleveland Heights, I lived on a street with two survivors. I will never forget Pearl or Sophie. This is for them and their families.
Laura Kumin The Holocaust Reunion Project is so important, not only to those it directly helps, but to the rest of us, who are inspired by the Project.
Julie Balaban In honor of Vilunya Diskin. An amazing pioneer for human and women's rights who finally found answers to so many questions.