Street scene in a DP camp in Bamberg, Germany.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 67770

Date: 1947
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

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.
Keyword: BABY CARRIAGES/STROLLERS
BAMBERG
DPS (JEWISH)
STREET SCENES
WOMEN
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Robert L. Kaplan

Source Record ID: Collections: 2013.504.1
: Record last modified: 2018-01-10 00:00:00
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