Who Am I? What is My Name? Part II – Pnina, Wolfgang, and the Warsaw Ghetto
Convinced that my surname was Rebhun, I contacted Rebhuns around the world. Though the BBC, CNN, and the international press featured my quest, I initially received no responses. Finally in March 1997, the Munich Red Cross relayed a reply from a German named Wolfgang Rebhun, who was searching for his little sister, Baschka (Barbara in […]
Who Am I, What Is My Name? Part I – Pnina, Otwoc, and the Kazcmareks
My name is Pnina Gutman. I am 70 years old. I began the search for my biological identity in April 1996. I called this project “Who am I what’s my name?” I came to Israel from Poland at the age of eight with a couple whom I thought to be my parents, Mania and Mendel […]
"The Mascot" – Truth or Fiction
The Mascot is the international best-selling Holocaust biography of Alex Kurzem…After an exhaustive international three-year search for evidence, my colleague Dr. Barry Resnick and I have discovered no proof that Mr. Kurzem’s story is true, nor has it been established that he is Jewish.
Bonnie's New Family
Finding Bonnie’s birth father was one of our most difficult birth parent searches. Bonnie and her brother Michael knew they were born in Germany in the 1950s, but they did not know they were adopted until 2002. Although Bonnie had a copy of her birth cerificate, she had not questioned why her parents names did not appear on it, and why it was […]
Jeni's Family Reunion
Jeni Reed was raised by her maternal grandmother and knew almost nothing about her dad Thomas McKay. Yet we were able to find him! I surprised Jeni with the news on June 16. To add to the excitement, we discovered that Jeni has three sisters and a brother she had never met, plus a new aunt […]
Happy Reunion
Identifinders is happy to have reunited Bonnie Dodson and her dad in July 2010 after 55 years. Bonnie is looking forward to meeting the rest of her new family. We are just thrilled to have been an important part of bringing about such a happy ending! Colleen Fitzpatrick PhD