Feldafing DP camp
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DP camp exclusively for Jewish refugees. The camp was located in the Bavarian town of Feldafing, part of the district of Starnberg, in the American zone of occupation in Germany.
The camp was opened by United States Army on May 1, 1945 as an emergency measure to house Hungarian Jews who found themselves in the area when the Germans capitulated. Originally built as a summer camp for Hitlerjugend, the DP camp consisted of wooden and stone barracks and a number of private homes requisitioned from German owners. By July of 1945, non-Jewish refugees had been relocated, and the camp became a Jewish community.
Feldafing quickly became a center for activism on behalf of Jewish refugees. Leaders from the camp took the initiative to establish cooperation within the American zone (efforts to incorporate British zone camps failed). The camp also included a hospital, a complete school system, and a number of voluntary organizations.
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