View of the Prien am Chiemsee DP children's center.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 11272

Date: 1946 December 25
Locale: Prien am Chiemsee, [Bavaria; Munich] Germany
Variant Locale: Chiemsee
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- Orphans/Children's Homes/Summer Camps -- Germany -- Kloster Indersdorf -- General
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.
Keyword: CHILDREN'S HOMES
DP CAMPS/CENTERS
EXTERIORS
PRIEN AM CHIEMSEE
VIEWS
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
: Record last modified: 2012-12-12 00:00:00
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