9 photos WINDSHEIM Camp Football "JAWISH SURVIVERS - ANDERS ARMY" WWII Holocaust

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9 photos WINDSHEIM Camp Football "JAWISH SURVIVERS - ANDERS ARMY" WWII Holocaust
9 photos from WINDSHEIM
DP(Displaced Persons)
camp
Include Football Game:
"Jewish Survivers against Anders Army"
7 Photos titled on the back.
1 Photo signed by the Photographer:
"Foto Zloischower"
"Unrra Team"
"WINDSHEIM"
"Hous Nr. 54"
Undated: 1945-6
Sizes: ~ (7) 9 X6 & (2) 10X7 cm.
Windsheim DP camp
was located in a vicinity of small spa town in Bavaria in the
American-occupied zone of Germany.
Windsheim was one of the most overcrowded camps in the area. In November 1946,
despite a capacity of 2,500, the camp had 3,200 inhabitants. Over 500 of them had no
living space and had to sleep in attics or cellars. Sanitary facilities were also far
from
satisfactory and eighty percent of rooms did not have basic furniture. The constant
overpopulation negatively affected all aspects of camps community life.
In the winter of 1946, the primary school in Winsdsheim had to be closed as barracks in
which it was located was used to accommodate the growing population of the camp. Despite
that,
the camp maintained a well developed religious life. One third of Windsheim’s
population
was orthodox and the DPs built in the camp a synagogue and a
mikvah
.
At one point the camp had three
Yeshivot
- one for Hungarian and two for Lithuanian Jews.
There was also a
Talmud Torah
and a
Cheder
for 40 children. 11 km from the main camp was
located a
kibbutz
. Its members attended evening classes in the camp’s school as well as
Hebrew classes organized especially for them.
Despite problems with finding space for training, the camp maintained a number of sports
teams
which included a very
strong football team
, table tennis section, chess section,
boxing section and a physical training group.
198 of the camps inhabitants attended an ORT vocational school established in Windsheim.
As the large percentage of the students was Hungarian Jews who did not speak Yiddish,
ORT had initial problems with effective running of the school. They were however soon
overcame and courses were organized in  dressmaking, men’s tailoring, children’s tailoring,
machine knitting, locksmiths training, radio technology, dental mechanics, joinery, typewriter
repair, book keeping and beautician training. The director of the school was engineer Iser Israelewitch.
The camp was closed in July 1949.
Condition: The Photos
slight browned/stained by time.
2 Photos with minor tears at the edges.
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