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Korbach, Aschaffenburg and Mainz-Kastel to the Gießen labour-service camp, January 1948

Camp Conti, Korbach → Gießen labour-service camp

Korbach was one of the places from which Ukrainian displaced people moved to a labour-service camp near Gießen. The first arrivals there are dated to 23 January 1948, and they came from several camps including Aschaffenburg, Cornberg and Mainz-Kastel. This documents a route out of Korbach rather than a transfer of the whole Conti population.

23 January 1948

The first arrivals reach the Gießen labour-service camp from several camps, including Korbach, Aschaffenburg, Cornberg and Mainz-Kastel

Sources

About DP camps long forgotten

Ukrainian displaced persons in Germany

DP camp inventory: Conti, Landau, Grebenstein and Rhoden

End of 1949

The workers' camp is dissolved: most residents emigrate overseas while the sick, disabled and elderly are moved to camps in Bavaria

Sources

Ukrainische Displaced Persons in Deutschland

Economic Aspects of Camp Life, The Refugee Experience

Sources

About DP camps long forgotten

Ukrainian displaced persons in Germany

DP camp inventory: Conti, Landau, Grebenstein and Rhoden

Ukrainische Displaced Persons in Deutschland

Economic Aspects of Camp Life, The Refugee Experience