Summary
A woman in Australia named Adriana Turk believed her father's family had died in the Holocaust until a DNA test revealed she had living relatives. Her father fled Nazi Germany in 1937, and she discovered descendants of Holocaust survivors from her grandmother's family living across multiple countries.
Key Facts
- Adriana Turk, from Australia, thought her father's family died in the Holocaust.
- Her father escaped Nazi Germany in 1937 and emigrated to Australia after learning English in 10 days.
- Adriana's grandmother died in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.
- Her father’s sister, brother-in-law, and their two children were murdered at Auschwitz.
- Adriana took a DNA test and found living relatives who are descendants of Holocaust survivors.
- One relative, Renate Püttmann, survived by being hidden by a German soldier.
- Adriana discovered she has at least 50 living relatives in places like Brazil and Israel.
