How did Jews find their families after WWII?

Answer 1

To date less than 1/3 have found a surviving family member. The records were destroyed for the most part to protect the guilty. There are groups that have tried to aid camp survivors in finding family as well as "displaced" children to find their heritage - a few groups are:http://www.ushmm.org/remembrance/registry/
http://www.holocaustforgotten.com/register.htm
http://nyjtimes.com/cover/05-06-05/Urgent-RegisterHolocaustNames.htm
http://holocaust.meetup.com/cities/gb/london/

There were many lives lost both Jewish and non it is important that all be rememberd and with the help and courage of their family and society this tragedy never be repeated.

Answer 2

Tracing of missing Jews actually started in 1939 by the American Red Cross. At the time when a camp was liberated, the names of all the survivors were written down. It was a long process, all the organizations who were involved had to check and recheck their records anytime someone was looking for someone else.
In I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors Bernice Eisenstein tells about how her grandfather assumed his family was dead and settled in Sweden after the war. His wife and daughter were still alive, but he assumed that since his son had been killed his wife and daughter were dead too.

Answer 3

For many it was simply a matter of everyone going back to where they had lived before the war. Others stayed with friends or relatives and eventually word would get to them from a lost family member. But many of them never did find their families.

Answer 4

There were organizations maintaining lists of names, and people checked in with them. There was no quick Internet search back then. Sometimes it took months to locate someone...

Answer 5

with great difficulty, unfortunately many still have not found out what happened to some members of their families, they assume the missing ones are dead. which probably is true

Answer 6

Here is all the info on the Holocaust you'll need.
http://www.ushmm.org/
It's the US HOlocaust Museum and if it doesn't have the answer, there are great links!
Good luck

Answer 7

many of them were by chance. I ust saw an interview on CNN about a month ago. A brother was reunited with his sister. they were both 80.

Answer 8

There are many organizations devoted to this. Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum is one of them I think.

Answer 9

Myspace

Answer 10

Actually some are still looking.