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The purpose of this project is to keep track of all of the displaced persons or Holocaust Survivors who were residents of the Cornberg Displaced Persons Camp. This camp was located in the entire community of Cornberg, Germany.
History of the camp
From 1945 to 1949, the whole community of Cornberg and the monastery were a UNRRA displaced persons camp mainly for forced labourers from the Soviet Union and Poland. Many of them emigrated from here to Canada and the United States. While living in Cornberg, these displaced persons lived in barracks-style accommodations, often many families to one room while they waited for final emigration clearance to their eventual homes overseas.