Item ID	18724
Title	View of the Feldafing DP camp.
Reference Code	NY_07821
Description	Outside of the Feldafing DP camp showing entrance way to camp council, a man with horse drawn cart in foreground. JDC maintained staff at this DP camp, including a physician who directed the nearby clinic, also providing supplementary food and clothing, as well as recreational programs, including motion pictures and sports equipment. Feldafing was the first all Jewish DP camp and hosted a large and important community of survivors. Originally a summer camp for Hitler youth, Feldafing was located 20 miles southwest of Munich in the American zone of occupation. The first director of the camp was Lieutenant Irving J. Smith.
City / Town	Feldafing camp, Munich	similar items
Country	Germany	similar items
Decade	1940	similar items
Photo Date Description	c1946-47	similar items
Photographer	Al Taylor	similar items
Selected Search Code	Terra	similar items
Size	7 x 9
Format	Print

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