Search: Jews looking for Jewish family members

Organizations with genetics database - German Jewish institutes - Red Cross in Geneva

by Michael Palomino (2010)

Jews with split families because of deportation events during Holocaust times and because of blocked borders of Communist states until Gorbachev have the possibility to find their family members again. Here are some addresses and phone numbers:.


Help for search of Jewish family members by Jewish organizations with genetics database

There are Jewish organizations searching for family members comparing gen strips so the family members can find each other from all over the world by genetic tests, also when they changed religion or names.

Here are three organizations investigating and comparing gen strips finding Jewish family members:

-- the association "Family tree DNA", 1445 North Loop West, Suite 820 Houston, Texas 77008, USA, Phone: (713) 868-1438

with its web site http://www.familytreedna.com/landing/jewish-ancestry.aspx contact data are here: Family Tree DNA Genealogy by Genetics, Ltd. World Headquarters 1445 North Loop West, Suite 820 Houston, Texas 77008, USA Phone: (713) 868-1438 Fax : (832) 201-7147 corporate@familytreedna.com media@familytreedna.com

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the Jewish culture institute "Combined Jewish Philanthropies" (CJP) - 126 High Street, Boston, Massachusetts, phone:  02110 - 617-457-8500

http://www.cjp.org/page.aspx?id=127667

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www.aish.com with the e-mail-box

http://www.aish.com/ci/sam/48937817.html



Help for search of Jewish family members by German Jewish institutes

Jewish institutes in today's Germany perhaps also can help to Jews who are looking for other Jews staying or having stayed in Germany:

-- Fritz-Bauer-Institut in Frankfurt / Main

Fritz Bauer Institut Grüneburgplatz 1 60323 Frankfurt am Main Germany phone: 0049 (0)69-798 322-40 fax: 0049 (0)69-798 322-41 e-mail: info@fritz-bauer-institut.de secretary: d.becker@fritz-bauer-institut.de Web site: http://www.fritz-bauer-institut.de

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-- Jewish institute in Heidelberg ("Hochschule für jüdische Studien", hfjs), web site http://www.hfjs.eu, English version: http://www.hfjs.eu/profile/index.html

High school for Jewish studies of Heidelberg (Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg) (hfjs) Landfriedstraße 12 69117 Heidelberg Germany phone: 0049 (0) 62 21 - 54 192 00 fax.: 0049 (0) 62 21 - 54 192 09 e-mail: info@hfjs.eu Press Désirée  Martin Tel.: +49 (0) 62 21 - 54 192 47 Fax: +49 (0) 62 21 - 54 192 09 E-Mail: desiree.martin@hfjs.eu

Help for search of Jewish family members by Red Cross

Also Red Cross in Geneva has got a big data base of Jews world wide:

English web site of Red Cross in Geneva:


Red Cross in Geneva, web site

http://www.icrc.org/eng/index.jsp


Red Cross contact form: http://www.icrc.org/eng/who-we-are/contacts/index.jsp

Red Cross in Geneva (ICRC) 19 Avenue de la paix CH-1202 Geneva Switzerland phone: 0041-(0)22-734 60 01 fax: 0041-(0)22-733 20 57 e-mail to actual red cross services Library and Research: phone: 0041-(0)22-730 20 30 fax: 0041-(0)22-730 20 82 e-mail to the library of Red Cross Archives phone: 0041 (0)22-730 29 66 0041 (0)22-730 29 43

Red Cross of Geneva, contact form: http://www.icrc.org/eng/who-we-are/contacts/index.jsp

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