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From Munich-Laim to the Warner-Kaserne and the United States, 1945 to 1950

Munich-Laim Camp → New York

A resident's memoir follows one household out of Germany. Its author reached Munich on the second day after Christmas 1945 and lodged in the half-ruined barracks of a former Polish camp on Hannoverstraße before being admitted to Laim in June 1946. By the end of November 1949 he was in the Warner-Kaserne emigration barracks, and after a medical commission and a consular interview he landed in the United States on 4 May 1950.

27 December 1945

The memoirist reaches Munich with twelve other families and finds a ruined former Polish camp on Hannoverstraße

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A difficult road: a Ukrainian resident’s memoir

June 1946

He is admitted to the Laim camp under UNRRA care and made a block leader

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A difficult road: a Ukrainian resident’s memoir

1947

Screening questionnaires, interviews and the issuing of DP cards

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A difficult road: a Ukrainian resident’s memoir

November 1949

He is living in the Warner-Kaserne camp in Munich

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A difficult road: a Ukrainian resident’s memoir

4 May 1950

He lands in the United States

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A difficult road: a Ukrainian resident’s memoir

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A difficult road: a Ukrainian resident’s memoir