Pöppendorf DP Camp, Pöppendorf, Carbäk, Bad Doberan, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland

Latitude 54°8′N
Longitude 12°18′E
City Pöppendorf
Church Parish Carbäk
County Bad Doberan
State/ Province Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country Deutschland

Narrative

In July, 1945, Pöppendorf camp was built between Lübeck and Travemünde, to accommodate discharged members of the German Armed Forces.
From November 1945 onward it served as a transit camp for refugees from eastern Germany.
On September 17, 1947, the Pöppendorf camp was ready for re-occupation, and served as a refugee transit camp until mid 1950.

Narrative

Practically nothing reamains to remind one of the tragedy of the Exodus 1947 refugees, except for an information board in Waldhusener Forest that indicates that the former residence of these victims.
In the Jewish cemetery in Moisling, there are two gravestones, one of which is inscribed with: "EXODUS - Unknown Child".

Narrative

Melach Schubert, his wife, Rosa, and his son Zeev, were interned at Pöppendorf by the British.

References

  1. , Esther
  2. Greenberg, Frances
  3. , Irene
  4. Kam, Chanina ben Noach
  5. Rudashevsky Jurer, Cilia bat Avraham
  6. Schubert, Melach ben Meir
  7. Siegel Segal, Zeev Zev 'Vevie'
  8. Tager, Mania
  9. Viener, Rosa
  10. Wiener Kam, Sara bat Moshe
  11. אלדר Adler Eldar, Mordechai Mordkai Mordkar 'Motke'
  12. גולדבנד Goldband , Avraham
  13. גלאון Goldband Galon, Menachem Mendel ben Avraham
  14. גנוסר Ginsburg Guinossar, Benno 'Benny' ben Yosef (Josef)
  15. שביט Schubert Shavit, Zeev ben Melach
  16. שורץ Shvartz Schwartz Schwarz, Meier ben Eliezer