Identification card issued to Oskar Russ in the Feldafing displaced persons' camp.
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Identification card issued to Oskar Russ in the Feldafing displaced persons' camp

Identification card issued to Oskar Russ in the Feldafing displaced persons' camp.

Oskar Russ was born in Poland in 1907. During the Holocaust, he was imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp. After liberation, he was in the Feldafing displaced persons camp before immigrating in 1947 to the United States with his wife (whom he had married in Feldafing).

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aftermath of the Holocaust displaced persons
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