Ansbach Displaced Persons Camp

Ansbach (US Zone)

    Ukrainian, Jews


    Bleidorn-kaserne in Ansbach held 6000 DPs. memories of Ansbach
    . . . Ansbach, subcamp of Flossenburg, opened March 13, 1945;
    . . . closed on April 1, 1945, approx. 500 prisoners.

    City recorder: Birth or marriage certificates, address your letter to the Standesamt, Johann-Sebastian Bach Platz 1
    91522 Ansbach, Germany
    Tel: 0981) 51-0
    Fax: 0981) 51-303

    Archive: Stadtarchiv Ansbach
    Karlsplatz 7/9
    91522 Ansbach

    Other sites:
    Ansbach today

    Ansbach city album

    Ansbach map

    US army installations in Ansbach and Kasserns, map, photos, history, etc.: US Army at Ansbach

    Ansbach photos and a little bit of history

    Hi Olga,
    I've just come across your site and impressive work. My late parents spent several years in a DP camp in Ansbach, area III, after making their way through Eastern Europe, together with a group of young survivors. I'm taking the liberty of sending you a scanned photo taken en route in Prague in Hannuka 1945. Most of this group apparently continued together to Ansbach. My father is the conductor with his back to the camera. Perhaps someone will recognise him/herself or parent in the choir?
    Thank you very much indeed, Esther Klag

    1/7/05
    Olga, I have been reading your site. I am Jo Anne Giubilato, a literature and art teacher who just recently moved to Bechhofen (Grossenreid) Germany which is part of Ansbach Germany. I am writing a story about the area and wonder if you have any dat, or can direct me to the right places. Were there any camps here? It has really been any eye-opener moving to this area. There is very little information that I can find on the WWII Jewish percecussion, expcept for a few items and the mandate by Hitler prohibiting Jews from the Ansbach area. Now I understand why my Jewish friends in the states said they would meet me in Italy to visit. I thought it was just because of the warmer weather. Thank you so much and I hope I haven't intruded in any way. Jo

    4/12/05 Hello Olga,
    My mother was in a DP camp in Aschaffenburg. She also lived in Ansbach and was in a forced labor camp in Lauf ad Pegnitz. (On a map I see Lauf Pegnitz a little right of Nurnberg. Its a suburb.I've seen it as Lauf A.D. Pegnitz as well.) I am looking for more information between the time she left the forced labor camp and then showed up in Ansbach, 1945. She must have been in a camp in Nurnburg, but I am not sure. I can't ask her, she passed away in 1987.

    This is the picture taken in Ansbach of a wedding. I am the little girl on the left of the groom holding his hand. On the back of this picture it said 1950.
    I think this is my baptism in Aschaffenburg. My mother is the 2nd lady to the left of the priest. I am in the arms of the 3rd lady to the left of the priest. But you can't see me. All you can see is a white blanket. I think the name of the priest is Stefan Rychlicki. Because that is the name on a Baptism that he performed on my mother. You have a great website. Nell





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