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

Photograph | Photograph Number: 10529

Date: 1945 - 1948
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

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 (4-12 YEARS)
CHILDREN'S HOMES
CHILDREN/YOUTH
DP CAMPS/CENTERS
GROUP PORTRAITS
PRIEN AM CHIEMSEE
SPORTS (GYMNASTICS)
SPORTS/TEAMS/ATHLETES
YOUTH (13-20 YEARS)
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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