My grandmother spent decades searching for her best friend from a Spanish orphanage—someone she met 85 years ago. Eventually, she gave up hope; all she had was a name and the memory of where they met. Then Dr. Adina Newman and the Holocaust Reunion Project took on this challenge. With such a powerful dedication to help us, she uncovered family documents we never knew existed—and, against all odds, found her. I am forever grateful to Dr. Newman and this remarkable nonprofit for the way they transformed my grandmother’s life. I can say thank you 1000x and it would never be enough.

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.

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