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DP youth perform gymnastic exercises at the International Children's Center at Prien am Chiemsee.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 10529
DP youth perform gymnastic exercises at the International Children's Center at Prien am Chiemsee.

DP youth perform gymnastic exercises at the International Children's Center at Prien am Chiemsee.

Date
1945 - 1948
Locale
Prien am Chiemsee, [Bavaria; Munich] Germany
Variant Locale
Chiemsee
Photo Designation
DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- Orphans/Children's Homes/Summer Camps -- Germany -- Prien am Chiemsee
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Lilo, Jack and Micha Plaschkes

About This Photograph

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.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Lilo, Jack and Micha Plaschkes
 
Record last modified: 2005-05-09 00:00:00
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