In this article, the author describes how they stumbled upon thousands of Holocaust-era letters while researching a column called "Seeking Relatives" in the Forward newspaper's archives.

Isaac Metzker, a legendary editor at the Forward, is credited with overseeing the Seeking Relatives column, which helped thousands of Jewish refugees and Holocaust survivors start new lives in the U.S. However, Metzker rarely spoke about his work and even declined to personally cover the trial of Adolf Eichmann.