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Street scene in a DP camp in Bamberg, Germany.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 67770
Street scene in a DP camp in Bamberg, Germany.

Street scene in a DP camp in Bamberg, Germany.

Date
1947
Locale
Bamberg, [Bavaria; Franconia] Germany
Photo Designation
DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Germany -- Bamberg
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Robert L. Kaplan

About This Photograph

Event History
The Bamberg displaced persons camp operated from approximately December 1945 to April 1949, and housed from 800 to 1800 people at a given time. It operated under the leadership of Leopold Kiss and Aria Salzberg.
Biography
Dr. Maurice Kaplan (the uncle of the donor) served as a captain in the medical corps. he took several rolls Agfa color slides immediately after liberation documenting war damage and displaced persons throughout Europe.

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Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Robert L. Kaplan
 
Record last modified: 2018-01-10 00:00:00
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