View of the veteran's hospital complex at Luebeck.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 37365

Date: 1945
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Germany -- Luebeck
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of William and Barbara Farkas

Event History: In July 1945 the Swedish Government agreed to aid 10,000 ex-inmates of Bergen Belsen, Buchenwald and other concentration camps in their recovery. The ex-prisoners were transported to a German veterans hospital in Luebeck, the Cambrai Barracks, renamed the Swedish Transit Hospital. After delousing and disinfection, those able to undertake the journey were transported to Sweden. Others too ill to travel remained in the permanent wing of the hospital.
Keyword: BERGEN-BELSEN
CONCENTRATION CAMPS
COURTYARDS
DP CAMPS/CENTERS
HOSPITALS/INFIRMARIES/CLINICS
TENTS
VIEWS
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: William and Barbara Farkas

Source Record ID: Collections: 1990.111.3
: Record last modified: 2007-10-31 00:00:00
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