Red Cross Family Reunification

How does someone find out what became of an ancestor who disappeared in the chaos of World War II? They turn to the Red Cross for help.

Christina Radich (left) with her mother, A. Laksmi Radich, in a 1990 photographFor Christina Radich, the unknown end to her grandmother's life was a huge hole in her family's history, a mystery for which she had only a bare handful of clues.

Christina Radich has written a book about her mother's experiences, titled Our Mother's War:  A Biography of a Child of the Dutch Resistance. She is now at work on a second book.

 The contact number for family reunification  services through the local office of the Red Cross is (707) 577-7606. Get information online here.