DP Camps in Germany - Bo

Bocholt, #3165,#31/165; L. Niedersachsen (British zone), half Poles, Estonian, Yugoslavians, Lithuanians

There existed a DP-camp at least from March 1947 to June 1949, probably earlier and possibly later. Its DPACS/DPACCS number was 87, the DPAC/AC number 3165. The UNRRA team 172 worked there from March to April 1947, the (PC)IRO Area teams 912 and 803 from July 1947 to June 1949. Provided by Wolfgang Strobel w.strobel@netcologne.de

Municiple and Culture center:

Rathaus mit Kulturzentrum
Bürgerbüro
Berliner Platz 1
46395 Bocholt

Tel.: ( 0 28 71) 95 33 61
Fax: ( 0 28 71) 95 32 42
Email: buergerbuero@mail.bocholt.de

City archives:

Stadtarchiv Bocholt
Muensterstr.76
D-46397 Bocholt
Phone: 02871-953-349
Fax: 02871-953-347
Email: stadtarchiv@mail.bocholt.de / sowie: dr.oppel@mail.bocholt.de
Homepage: http://193.159.218.175/Kommunalarchive/KommunalarchiveA-D/B/Bocholt/index.html
Section: Kommunalarchive Westfalen-Lippe

 

Bochum (2 camps-British zone) mostly Poles

City archive: Stadtarchiv Bochum
Kronenstrasse 47
44789 Bochum
Tel: 02 34 - 9 10 38 99
Fax: 02 34 - 9 10 39 06
http://www.bochum.de/stadtarchiv/

Arbeitsgruppe Geschichte Nordamerikas
Fakultät für Geschichtswissenschaft
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
44780 Bochum
Phone: (0234) 332-2538
Fax: (0234) 321-4240

Bockhorn has its own page with photos and story.

http://www.bockhorn.de/
Municipality: Gemeinde Bockhorn,
Am Markt 1, 26345 Bockhorn
Tel.: 04453/ 708-0
Fax: 04453/ 708-36

I was in Hameln, Bockhorn. Sande, Emden DP camps. Do you have any info? John S Pruchnik

Bodenteich, #2521, Land Niedersachsen (British zone); Balts

Bad Bodenteich Kurverwaltung und Fremdenverkehrsamt Bad Bodenteich,
Burgstrasse 8,
29389 Bad Bodenteich
Tel (05824) 3539 oder 3541
Fax (05824) 3308

www.bad-bodenteich.de
brochures available: http://213.198.65.38/touri/index6.asp
http://www.tourismuskreis-uelzen.de/index310.htm

Bomlitz Schulstr. 4, 29699 Bomlitz
Tel: (05161) 489-0, Fax: (05161) 48919

http://www.meinestadt.de/bomlitz/rathaus

Heimatverein Borghorst e.V.
Münsterstr. 7
48565 Steinfurt-Borghorst
Email: info@heimatverein-borghorst.de

Photos: http://home.earthlink.net/~oster6/family/chap/chap25.html
http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/b/borghors.htm

Stories:
http://www.okupatsioon.ee/english/overviews/ylev/ylev-_-3.html

Dear Olga
I'm looking for any information on Borghorst Germany. I was born there in October of 1947, MY parents were there as DP's after escaping from Yugoslavia...What was the camp called?...any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Dusanka Sovich, email: Bama2je@msn.com

Bottrop is located in the northern Ruhr Area between the Lower Rhine basin and the Münsterland plain on the south west edge of the Vestisches Plateau. For more, see: http://www.stadt-bottrop.de/english/index.htm

City archive: Stadtarchiv Bottrop
Blumenstrasse 12-14
Postfach 101554
46215 Bottrop
Tel: (49) 2041-70-3754
Fax: (49) 2041-70-3833
Web: http://www.archive.nrw.de/home.asp?stadta-bottrop

Stadtinformationsbüro (tourist office)
Osterfelder Strasse 13
46 236 Bottrop
tel: +49(0)2041 / 7 66 95 13
fax: +49(0)2041 / 7 66 95 21