Tauber Holocaust Library
Guide to Jakob Kalinski papers
1988.1057
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Tauber Holocaust Library
- Creator
- Kalinski, Jakob
- Title
- Jakob Kalinski papers
- ID
- 1988.1057
- Date
- 1946 November 4
- Extent
- 1.0 Folder(s)
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- This collection is comprised of a single item, a certificate issued by the D.P. (Displaced Persons) Camp of Feldafing Labor Office. It is made out to Jakob Kalinski and identifies him as working in a labour group under the auspices of the UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration). It is dated November 4, 1946.
Preferred Citation note
Jakob Kalinski papers - 1988.1057, Tauber Holocaust Library - JFCS Holocaust Center, San Francisco, California
Biographical/Historical note
Feldafing was the first DP camp exclusively for Jewish refugees. The camp was located in the Bavarian town of Feldafing, part of the district of Starnberg, in the American zone of occupation in Germany.
The camp was opened by United States Army on May 1, 1945 as an emergency measure to house mostly Hungarian Jews who found themselves in the area when the Germans capitulated. The first director of the camp was Lieutenant Irving J. Smith.
No biographical information about Jakob Kalinski is available.
Scope and Contents note
This collection is comprised of a single item -- an identity certificate issued by the Displaced Persons Center Camp of Feldafing (Germany) Labor Office -- made out to Jakob Kalinski. It is stamped and dated November 4, 1946, with an expiration date of December 30, 1946. The certificate indicates that Mr. Kalinski was working in labor group No. 66 under the auspices of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (U.N.R.R.A.).
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Tauber Holocaust Library
JFCS Holocaust Center2245 Post Street
San Francisco, CA, 94115
415-449-3717
[email protected]
Conditions Governing Access note
There are no restrictions to access to this collection.
Conditions Governing Use note
There are no restrictions to use for this collection.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Feldafing (Displaced persons camp) .
Subject(s)
- Certificates -- Germany -- Feldafing (Refugee camp)
- Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany
- Refugee camps -- Germany
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Germany