(at Enns River) Land Steiermark (British Zone) (Styria state), 2000 Jews; two camps UNRAA 314, 334; See also Frauenberg DP camp.
Municipal office: Gemeindeamt
Admont
Hauptstrasse 36
A 8911 ADMONT
Telefon: 0043 3613 2106-0
Email: gemeinde@admont.at
(In Admont there is a very nice man, who worked there. His name: Mr. Gutternigg)
Stift Admont (Steiermark)
Benediktinerstift, A-8911 Admont
Tel. (03613) [0043 3613] 2312 34
Fax (03613) [0043 3613] 2312 46
One of the bigger camps (capacity: 2.000 persons; a former Nazi military camp),
I only found the little attached picture and a short movie (bad quality)
at the following address:
http://www.cine-holocaust.de/cgi-bin/gdq?dfw00fbw000512.gd
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Klaus supplied the following photos: on the left, the area around Admont, Admont village and Monastery; and on the right Lager Admont in 1946 (erected 1938): (Photo source: Municipality of Admont) | ||
Here is the Admont camp copied from the Dr. Stieber's book: Nachkriegsflüchtlinge in Kärnten und der Steiermark (The Refugees After WW2 at Carinthia and Styria), 1997. I translated the legend; hopefully, in a proper way: |
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Photo #82097: A welcome sign in Hebrew hangs over the entrance gate to the Admont displaced persons camp.
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Photo 57825: Bricha guides pose next to a row of covered trucks used to transport Jewish refugees from Hungary to Austria and Italy. |
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Photo 57826: George Stein poses next to a covered trucks that he used to
transport Jewish refugees from Hungary to Austria and Italy. This work was temporarily suspended for the winter. |
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Photo: 57827: Members of the Admont DP camp soccer team.
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Monastery to SW with camp area, source: Admont municipality. The big building in the foreground is the famous monastery. |
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Admont DP camp, view towards monastery. Source: Municipality (Admont book) |
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Iriln, Hilburta, Ernist |