After the end of the Second World War, numerous Jewish DP camps were established in the western occupation zones. For around 200,000 survivors of the Shoah, they became places of refuge, transition, and new beginnings.
The DP Camp Pocking-Waldstadt in Lower Bavaria was the largest camp in the American occupation zone and the second largest in post-war Germany after Bergen-Belsen.
While some DP camps – such as Föhrenwald and Feldafing – have already been researched, Pocking has not yet been systematically studied. The book project “DP Camp Pocking-Waldstadt” documents the history of the camp and its residents.
The Blank Foundation supports this project. Engaging with the history of Displaced Persons and their paths toward new lives is an essential part of Germany’s historical responsibility.
More information: > after-the-shoah.org and > Nürnberger Institut für NS-Forschung und jüdische Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts (NURINST)
