Abstract

Jewish life in camps, organized by Germans, is a well-known phenomenon. During the “Third Reich” millions of Jewish people were murdered in concentration and death camps. Auschwitz has become synonymous with the Holocaust, stands for Nazi genocide. But there also was Jewish life in camps after this catastrophe—on German territory from 1945 till 1957. Camps in post-war Germany accommodated Jewish Displaced Persons who had been stranded in the western zones of occupied Germany. The following essay shows that camp territories differed to a great extend—and as a result Jewish life in camps and the perception of Jewish DPs on the part of rural population differed as well.

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