A booth containing craftwork made by DP youth at the Prien am Chiemsee children's center.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 10292

Overview

Caption: A booth containing craftwork made by DP youth at the Prien am Chiemsee children's center.
Date: 1945 - 1948
Locale: Prien am Chiemsee, [Bavaria; Munich] Germany
Variant Locale: Chiemsee
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Lilo, Jack and Micha Plaschkes
Event History: Prien am Chiemsee, the children's Displaced Persons camp in the Munich district, was established in 1946 (exact date unknown) and by October 19, 1946 housed 172 Jewish children. It reached its peak population on March 10, 1947, at which time there were 225 children. By December, 1948 the Jewish children were gone and it became a YMCA training center. The camp closed on June 6, 1949.

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Lilo, Jack and Micha Plaschkes

Source Record ID: Collections: 1993.23

Keyword: CHILDREN'S HOMES DP CAMPS/CENTERS PRIEN AM CHIEMSEE SIGNS/BANNERS/POSTERS UNRRA (UN RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMIN)
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- Orphans/Children's Homes/Summer Camps -- Germany -- Kloster Indersdorf -- General