The bulk of the Jewish “illegal returnees” in the Foehrenwald DP camp were today transferred by the Bavarian state authorities to the Ludwigsfeld camp, on the outskirts of Munich. Affected were 84 former DP’s who had trickled back to Germany some years ago, mainly from Israel without visas or residence permits.
The Ludwigsfeld stone barracks house non-Jewish refugees from Eastern Europe for the most part. The Foehrenwald residents transferred there are those who expect to emigrate to other countries later in the year. Left in Foehrenwald are about 50 “illegal returnees,” consisting of those who either are on the point of emigrating, or else who have little hope of being able to leave Germany this year. The “illegals” are not entitled to government help for resettlement and integration in German cities, as are the “legal” old-time residents of Foehrenwald, the last Jewish DP camp on German soil.
There are now still 650 Jewish DP’s in Foehrenwald, which contrary to earlier reports has not been closed and will not be vacated before the summer. The buildings of the camp, however, have been purchased by a Catholic housing group and, for the first time since talk of “liquidating the camp” became current six years ago, the Jewish DP residents have become reconciled to the fact that they must move within the next several months.
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