In the organizer's words:

After studying history, Jan-MathisHolstein found out about heir tracing by chance through a newspaper article about unusual professions. After several years as managing director of one of the largest companies in this sector, he founded his own company three years ago.

For over ten years, he has been tracing heirs and heiresses when people with unclear family relationships and without a will pass away. This research often takes several years and brings to light international family histories shaped by migration movements and the European crises and wars of the 20th century.

Jan-Mathis Holstein lives and works in Berlin. He co-founded the International Association of Professional Probate Researchers (IAPPR). The genealogist not only regularly helps people unexpectedly receive an inheritance, but also experiences stories of siblings who knew nothing about each other, of cousins who find each other again and of a gold treasure that was only found decades later.

How is it that people live and die so completely without contact to their relatives - or heirs? What family biographies does Jan-Mathis Holstein discover in his detective-like work? And how can I tell the difference between a message from a reputable heir tracer and an attempted fraud?

In the consultation hour at the Humboldt Forum, you can ask experts your questions directly and easily - without having to make an appointment or wait on a waiting list! The focus is on an open exchange of ideas with the audience.

- free of charge

- Language: German

- Mechanical arena in the foyer

- Part of: Consultation hour: Relationships with family