We are aware that our profession is relatively unknown. We also know just how important it is to dispel any scepticism that heirs may have before telling them the exact ins and outs of a case.

In the case at hand, which was offered to us via one of our Hungarian partners in the USA, the heir, a niece of the legator who had passed away in the USA, had already been found by our Hungarian partner after extensive research in various archives in Poland and Haifa (Israel), but had not replied to the letters of our partner.

That is why – not least because of our permanent Jewish staff on site – we were asked to get in contact with the heir. Our attempts were initially unsuccessful since the lady just did not answer our employee’s calls.

Finally our genealogist did manage to find out the name of the heir’s daughter, who lives in Tel Aviv, and called her. She confirmed that her mother was simply no longer able to use the phone, and briskly asked for the reason of our call.