Photos from
Landsberg D.P. Camp

The Landsberg Displaced Persons Camp was founded on May 9, 1945, two days after Germany officially capitulated. It became the site of one of the largest displaced person (DP) camps for Jewish refugees.

At first, the camp was comprised of all people who had been deported to the Landsberg area. During the last year of the war, 1944/ 45, the town of Landsberg (in southwest Bavaria, Germany) and the surrounding county contained a network of camps. There were camps for foreign workers, for prisoners of war and camps for Jews. Most of the non-Jewish refuges returned to their countries of origin. Jewish refugees from the Soviet Union and Baltic States had no communities to return to.

Mir survivor, Tzila Kopelowicz Zakheim was in the Landsberg D.P. camp until 1947. A number of photos of friends in Landsberg can be seen in her memoir. Below are some of the other photos she took with her when she left to join her family in South Africa. Some of the people in the photos are from Mir, others are not. Tzila's daughter, Eileen Fridman provided these images and has identified people, based on information handwritten on the backs of photos.

Perhaps someone will recognize a friend or relative. Please contact me if you need to see a larger image.