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46 PLACESHostels in Britain
Former prisoner-of-war camps, YMCA hostels and miners' hostels that housed Ukrainian European Voluntary Workers and released Galicia Division men from 1947.
29 PLACESAustralian reception centres and hostels
The reception and training centres, holding centres and workers' hostels of the assisted-passage scheme, from Bonegilla and Bathurst to the Perth and Brisbane hostels.
17 PLACESCamps in Austria
UNRRA and IRO camps in the American, British and French zones of Austria, from Salzburg and Innsbruck to Carinthia and Styria.
6 PLACESHospitals and sanatoria
The displaced persons hospitals, tuberculosis sanatoria and clinics that treated camp residents, several of them in former asylums and monasteries.
17 PLACESTransit and resettlement centres
The staging posts where people waited for medical boards, consular interviews and ships: from the Funk-Kaserne and Wentorf to Pier 21.
16 PLACESDetention, internment and prisons
Sites of confinement rather than shelter: the Rimini enclave, Jaworzno, the Spanish depots and prisons, Turkish internment and Romanian occupation camps.
4 PLACESAugsburg
The Somme-Kaserne, the Kapellenschule, Haunstetten and the Servatius hospital: one city's Ukrainian camps and their photo-newspaper.
4 PLACESAschaffenburg
Four barracks camps in one Bavarian town, with their own weekly newspaper, schools and parishes.
4 PLACESOldenburg
The lettered camps of the British zone's largest DP city, from the Ohmstede racecourse to Unterm Berg.
3 PLACESMittenwald
The Jägerkaserne, the Pionierkaserne and Luttensee: the Alpine camps that shared a sub-area, a school network and a closing vote.
5 PLACESMunich
The Warner-Kaserne, the Luitpold-Kaserne, Laim, Karlsfeld and the Funk-Kaserne transit centre.
1939 to 1960
- 193914 March 1939Slovakia declares independence; Hungary begins its invasion of Carpatho-Ukraine, whose Sich army of about 2,000 men resists until 18 March.Kamianytsia Sich Camp
- 19417 August 1941German and Romanian troops occupy the village.Grosulovo
- 194218 July 1942A return records 693 people in the camp and 533 working in the mine.Waterschei Camp
- 194314 October 1943A group from Vapniarca joins about 200 Ukrainian prisoners already held at Grosulovo.Grosulovo
- 194414 September 1944After the liberation of Genk, arrested collaborators are held in the camp until December.Zwartberg Camp
- 19455 December 1945Lieutenant-General Guaite inspects the camp with UNRRA representatives and concludes that it is in good condition and well organised.Reinhardt-Kaserne
- 19464 February 1946University courses open at Somme-Kaserne.Somme-Kaserne
- 19471 April 1947The British Cabinet decides to bring the former soldiers of the Galicia Division from Italy to the United Kingdom.Hallmuir
- 194819 February 1948The Bayreuth Plast novice nest Diti Sontsia announces the death of one of its members, a girl in her ninth year.Prinz-Leopold-Kaserne
- 194913 August 1949Pavlo Smal celebrates a service in Melbourne after his earlier ministry at Bonegilla.Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre
- 195014 July 1950The Orthodox community is counted by accommodation block.Fallingbostel Camp
- 19518 April 1951A priest’s letter recorded Parkes among Ukrainian Catholic camp visits.Parkes Migrant Camp
- 195227 October 1952The city decides that the Ohmstede barracks will remain as its last foreigners’ camp under the official name Lettenlager.DP-Camp F, Ohmstede
- 195321 January 1953A public inquiry at Milnthorpe hears objections to turning the camp into an open prison.Bela River Hostel
- 195427 November 1954About 50 timber buildings and 10 Nissen huts are auctioned for removal from the site.Nelson Bay
- 19557 December 1955Aleksander Kreiza, a tentering machine attendant, is naturalised from 55 Galapark Road, Galashiels.Burnbrae Hostel
- 19591 February 1959A Caritas count records 173 Ukrainians among 648 residents.Lintorf Camp
- 19605 January 1960The final 107 residents ate their last camp meal before leaving for Villawood.Greta Migrant Camp
Latest additions
- MIGRATIONWestward HoGermany and Austria to Britain15 September 2026
- CAMP OR HOSTELPrinz-Leopold-KaserneBayreuth · Germany14 September 2026
- CAMP OR HOSTELHanauHanau · Germany14 September 2026
- CAMP OR HOSTELNewbattle Miners’ HostelDalkeith · United Kingdom14 September 2026
- CAMP OR HOSTELWegscheid CampLinz · Austria14 September 2026
- CAMP OR HOSTELArmadale Miners’ HostelArmadale, West Lothian · United Kingdom14 September 2026
- CAMP OR HOSTELDunning HostelDunning, Perthshire · United Kingdom14 September 2026
- CAMP OR HOSTELSchloss Hirschberg am HaarseeEberfing / Hirschberg am Haarsee · Germany14 September 2026
From the records
18 AUGUST 1945Report on the theatre opening at the Amberg Aufbauschule camp, 18 August 1945Aufbauschule Camp
1953Scottish Catholic Directory entry for Sunday Mass at Ansmuir Camp, 1953Annsmuir Hostel
1946Plan of Camp 71 at Aldingen, 1946Camp 71, Aldingen
7–8 JULY 1947Inspection report on 51 German Prisoner of War Working Camp, AllingtonAllington
1949Andrej Bornos's Bonegilla identity card, 1949Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre
18 JULY 1939Card thanking a donor for a gift to the Ukrainian camp in BratislavaKarlova Ves Refugee Camp
JANUARY 1947UNRRA memorandum on the Leoben children's committee, January 1947Leoben Children’s Centre
DOCUMENTCamp-layout drawing of Miranda de EbroMiranda de Ebro