Feldmoching DP Community

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In the Munich district of Feldmoching, a separate Jewish DP community with up to 300 members had been founded, probably toward the end of 1945. In addition to a Talmud Torah school, the community also had a kosher kitchen. The Makabi Feldmoching football club played in the Jewish regional league; later the club merged with Hakoach Freising to form the Jüdischer Sportklub Feldmoching-Freising, which continued operating until toward the end of 1948.

Union of Jewish Students Munich

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The Jewish Student Association was founded in December 1945. The first president was Joseph Silberman. Other local groups were formed in Erlangen, Frankfurt/Main, Heidelberg, and Marburg. Many students enrolled to study human medicine. The association existed until the mid-1950s and published its own newspaper: Der Jidiszer Student—Perjodisze Szrift fun di Jidisze Studentn Farejnigung in Minchn.

Union of Jewish Students Munich

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The Jewish Student Association was founded in December 1945. The first president was Joseph Silberman. Other local groups were formed in Erlangen, Frankfurt/Main, Heidelberg, and Marburg. Many students enrolled to study human medicine. The association existed until the mid-1950s and published its own newspaper: Der Jidiszer Student—Perjodisze Szrift fun di Jidisze Studentn Farejnigung in Minchn.

Funkkaserne

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Military accommodation was used to accommodate displaced persons and as a transit center, probably from January 1946 onward. DPs were registered here when they first arrived and distributed among different camps. They were also given advice related to their forthcoming emigration. The transit camp was always overcrowded; although it had a maximum capacity of 600 persons, up to 1,800 were sometimes taken in. In 1948, the transit section was moved to the former SS barracks in Freimann. In spring 1950 the barracks in the Funkkaserne were closed completely.

Deutsches Museum: UNRRA University

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In February 1946, the international relief organization UNRRA opened its own university in the Deutsches Museum. The university was open to all DPs. At its peak, up to 2,000 students from 30 nations were enrolled, most of them Ukrainians. Lectures were held mainly in English. About 150 professors taught subjects such as mechanical engineering, architecture, mathematics, economics and several natural science courses. The university only existed for one year until May 1947, as UNRRA then discontinued its work.

Deutsches Museum: UNRRA Transit Camp

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The initial reception center was open to all politically or racially persecuted persons and existed until February 1947. The international relief organisation UNRRA — the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration — saw ist central task in the registration, care, and repatriation of persons who had been displaced or deported. This included concentration camp prisoners, forced labourers, and those recognised as Displaced Persons (DPs). UNRRA published the weekly newspaper D.P. Express for this circle of people, with articles in Yiddish, Russian, Polish, French, and German.

Canadian Jewish Congress, Office of Ethel Ostry

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After the Second World War, the Canadian government allowed around one thousand orphans from Europe to emigrate to Canada as part of the War Orphans Project, which was initiated by the Jewish community in Canada and founded in 1919. Manfred Saalheimer, who was born in Würzburg, was in charge of implementing the program. He was supported by the Canadian social worker Ethel Ostry, who had her office in Munich. Between September 1947 and March 1952, 1,116 children from DP camps and children's homes from all over Europe came to Canada.

Vaad Hatzala

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Rescue committee founded in 1939 by Orthodox rabbis in the USA and Canada with the aim of rescuing Eastern European rabbis and religious students. After 1945, the Vaad Hatzala provided spiritual and material support to the DPs in the DP camps. In Munich, the organization ran an office at Bachmairstraße 12, where the Deputy Director for Germany, Rabbi Aviezer Bustin, also lived.

Merchant - Marx Einstein

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The address book of the city of Stuttgart from 1884 contains the following entries: Einstein Marx, merchant, Tübinger Straße 4  1/2. - Einstein Gebr., Band,- Kurz und Posamentierwaren. Igr., partners Isak and Max Einstein, Tübinger Straße 4  1/2 p.