https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir en-us 2022-04-11 18:45:00 UTC 2026-01-30 21:36:16 UTC hello@padlet.com s28349876 https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139674581 Foehrenwald Displacment Camp was located in the American zone of occupation of Germany, southwest of Munich. ]]> 2022-04-11 18:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139674581 s28349876 https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139676009 Foehrenwald was originally an international displaced persons camp. It was changed to a strictly Jewish DP camp on October 3, 1945. From 1946–1948, Foehrenwald ranked as one of the largest Jewish DP centers in the American zone of Germany.

]]> 2022-04-11 18:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139676009 s28349876 https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139676625 The population of Foehrenwald fluctuated, but in the early years, it was well over 4,000 (October 1945, 3,000; December 1945, 4,938; January 1946, 5,300).]]> 2022-04-11 18:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139676625 s28349876 https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139680229 Foehrenwald had a police force, fire brigade, youth home, disciplinary commission, post office, and hospital. The camp supported theatrical and musical activity and published a weekly newspaper.]]> 2022-04-11 18:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139680229 s28349876 https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139681158 There was a school for children, an ORT vocational training institute, and a yeshiva with 150 students.]]> 2022-04-11 18:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139681158 s28349876 https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139687434 A tuberculosis epidemic in summer 1946 (382 cases) caused enough concern among the camp's central committee to warrant the creation of a Committee of Jewish Tubercular Patients in Foehrenwald. ]]> 2022-04-11 18:57:11 UTC https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139687434 s28349876 https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139702215 By June 1950, all those who had wanted to leave the camp and were able to leave had done so. Many had emigrated after the founding of Israel and the War of Independence. Only the old, the sick, and their families remained. Foehrenwald was originally supposed to close at the end of 1949, but it stayed open because there were still many people who had nowhere to go. Foehrenwald was the final DP camp to close, functioning until 1957 as a home for Jews who had no place to go.]]> 2022-04-11 19:08:22 UTC https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139702215 s28349876 https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139703269 2022-04-11 19:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139703269 s28349876 https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139704004 2022-04-11 19:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139704004 s28349876 https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139704269 2022-04-11 19:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139704269 s28349876 https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139704472 2022-04-11 19:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139704472 s28349876 https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139704873 2022-04-11 19:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139704873 s28349876 https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139705396 2022-04-11 19:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139705396 s28349876 https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139721573 2022-04-11 19:22:49 UTC https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139721573 s28349876 https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139722139 2022-04-11 19:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139722139 s28349876 https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139725675 Residents enjoyed freedom to practice their religion. A yeshiva (rabbinic seminary and Torah academy) was established within the camp. With the presence of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam, founder of the Sanz-Klausenberg Hasidic sect, and his followers, Föhrenwald became the center for Hasidic Jewry in the American sector.]]> 2022-04-11 19:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/s28349876/3eggbfpi85q4kpir/wish/2139725675