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For many Holocaust survivors, the joy over the end of the war and the liberation from the camps soon turned into uncertainty. Their lives revolved around concerns about the future, anxiety, a sense of emptiness and profound sadness. The Allies housed Jewish refugees in displaced persons camps and attempted to meet their needs. But the Holocaust survivors had another overwhelming need: to look for and find their family members and acquaintances. The Jewish Agency tried to address that need and, in 1945, initiated the Bureau of Missing Persons radio program that broadcast names of survivors, regards that people sent, and information about the Surviving Remnant of the Jewish people in Europe.
