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Exterior view of the building which served as living quarters in the Feldafing DP camp.

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    Exterior view of the building which served as living quarters in the Feldafing DP camp.
    Exterior view of the building which served as living quarters in the Feldafing DP camp.

The  building pictured is a "Sturmblockhaus," built in 1938 to house the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Oberschule Starnberger See, established on the orders of SA-chief Ernst Roehm in 1934.  In April 1945, the school was dissolved and the building was repurposed to provide housing for displaced persons.

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    Exterior view of the building which served as living quarters in the Feldafing DP camp.

    The building pictured is a "Sturmblockhaus," built in 1938 to house the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Oberschule Starnberger See, established on the orders of SA-chief Ernst Roehm in 1934. In April 1945, the school was dissolved and the building was repurposed to provide housing for displaced persons.
    Date
    August 1947
    Locale
    Feldafing, [Bavaria] Germany
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Samuel B. Zisman

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    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Provenance: Samuel B. Zisman

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    Samuel B. Zisman served as district commander of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) displaced persons camps in District 5 in Bavaria from 1945 to 1947.
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