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Dining hall of a children's home in the Lindenfels displaced persons camp. [LCID: 06949]
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Displaced persons camps

After the Holocaust (1933-1945), tens of thousands of homeless Holocaust survivors migrated westward to other European territories liberated by the western Allies. There, they were housed in hundreds of refugee centers and displaced persons (DP) camps. Explore more content related to these displaced persons camps. 

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Protest in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp over return of "Exodus 1947" passengers [LCID: dfp0363e]
Film
Protest in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp over return of "Exodus 1947" passengers
Refugees from the "Exodus 1947" [LCID: dfg0361e]
Film
Refugees from the "Exodus 1947"
Regina at the Dueppel displaced persons camp in Berlin-Schlachtensee. [LCID: gelb19]
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Regina at the Dueppel displaced persons camp
Regina (third from left) with friends while at the Dueppel displaced persons camp. [LCID: gelb20]
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Regina at the Dueppel displaced persons camp
Regina Gutman [LCID: 8171]
ID Card
Regina Gutman
Article
Rivoli Displaced Persons Camp
View of the road leading to the Deggendorf displaced persons camp. [LCID: 50970]
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Road leading to the Deggendorf displaced persons camp
View of the Rothschild Hospital DP center
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Rothschild Hospital Displaced Persons Camp
View of the Salzburg displaced persons camp. Salzburg, Austria, May 25, 1945. [LCID: 82974]
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Salzburg Displaced Persons Camps
Sam Spiegel [LCID: uuss0952]
Oral History
Sam Spiegel describes life in a displaced persons camp
Siblings Reunite in the Santa Maria di Bagni DP Camp
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Santa Maria di Bagni Displaced Persons Camp
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Santa Maria di Leuca Displaced Persons Camp
School Report Card Issued in a DP Camp
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School Report Card Issued in a DP Camp
Inside of a songbook. The right page is sheet music with lyrics in English. Two female soldiers holding firearms kick across the top of the page, to the right of the staff.
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Songbook made by survivors at the Deggendorf displaced persons camp
In front of the Stuttgart displaced persons camp
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Stuttgart West Displaced Persons Camp
Boxes of matzah in a Joint Distribution Committee warehouse before distribution to Jewish survivors in displaced persons camps. [LCID: 31189]
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Supplies for displaced persons camps

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