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Traunstein Displaced Persons Camp: press cuttings


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 1600

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Traunstein Displaced Persons Camp: press cuttings

Date(s): 1997

Level of description: collection

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Traunstein Stadtarchiv

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

During World War Two, Traunstein, Bavaria, was the site of a subcamp of Dachau concentration camp. In 1946 it became a displaced persons camp housing Jewish refugees from Eastern Europe. In 1997 the City archive of Traunstein put on an exhibition about the camp entitled Ein Leben aufs Neu. Juedische Displaced Persons auf deutschem Boden, 1945-1948.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Traunstein Displaced Persons Camp, 1997, comprise copies of press cuttings regarding Traunstein Displaced Persons Camp with covering letter.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German

System of arrangement:

Arranged in chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Finding aids:

A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by Traunstein Stadtarchiv.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Howard Falksohn.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: April 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Concentration camps | War crimes | Humanitarian law
Jews | Religious groups
Press cuttings | Newspaper press | Press
Refugees | Migrants
War | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)

Personal names

Corporate names
Dachau concentration camp
Traunstein Displaced Persons Camp

Places
Traunstein | Oberbayern | Bavaria | Germany | Western Europe | Europe