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Resident lists in the Center's collection of DP camps in Germany and Austria are listed below. If a camp name is not present on this list, then it is not at the Center. However, here may be records at the French National Archives. Please look at that tab for more information.
GERMANY | AUSTRIA |
Amberg | Bad Ischel |
Berchtesgaden | Bindermichel |
Deggendorf | Ebensee |
Feldafing | Enns |
Foehrenwald | Steyr |
Neu-Freiman | Webscheid (Tyler) |
Plattling | |
Rochelle | |
Schwabach | |
Straubing | |
Stuttgart |
Many people ask about marriages and births in DP camps- are there records? For Germany, the short answer is no. Births and marriages should have been registered in the local (German) town, but it seems that for practical and emotional reasons, this was not done. Possibly the U.S. Army kept records, but if so, these records don't seem to exist at the National Archives and Records Administration. The weddings were likely just religious ceremonies. Possibly the refugees feared that registering births or marriages would hinder their chances at emigration.