Wels Displaced Persons Camp,

    Austria, 1945-1959 (?)

     

      City Archive: Stadtarchiv
      A-4601 Wels
      Rathaus
      Tel. (07242) [0043 7242] 235

      City of Wels:
      Magistrat der Stadt Wels
      4600 Wels, Stadtplatz 1
      Tel. 0043 (7242) 235-0
      http://www.wels-stadt.at/

    		 

    Lichenegg RonbauLichtenegg (Camp Nr. 1001): with shell of building at Schulstrasse [School St.], 1959

    Photo compliments of Virtual Museum of Upper Austria http://www.ooegeschichte.at/

    11/7/04 Hi Olga

    I was searching on the web and found your site. I lived in many DP camps according to my paperwork. My last known address was D.P. Settlement 1006, Wienerstr. 24, Wels, Austria. As yet, I have been unable to find any information. Do you have any information regarding this camp? I would very much appreciate it.
    I came to this country in 1948 under the Child Welfare office of the IRO (International Refugee Organization) in Linz for displaced persons. I have never been able to find any information regarding family.
    Any information that you might have would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards Jim Fedyk Connecticut, USA

    I was born in the Wels, Austria DP camp in 1947. My parents were born in Dobre, Poland and survived the war in Russia. My oldest brother was born in Kazakstan, Russia. I have a few pictures of the DP camp but little info. Thanks for your site. Morris Powazek Claremont, California

     
    Photos provided to us by Morris Powazek  

    Ben, Sam, Regina and Morris (Mendel) Powazek, taken in 1949
    or 1950 just before going to the US

     



    FL Wels 1954, Eingang. The sign says, "United States Escape Program." Researchers, you might try that verbage when you write to the archives.

     

     

    Lichtenegg (Camp Nr. 1001): [probably 'partial move to new housing estate "Stefan-Siedlung", 1961'] Photo compliments of Virtual Museum of Upper Austria http://www.ooegeschichte.at/  Lichtenegg 1 (German: wahrsch. Umzug 1961) Photo compliments of Virtual Museum of Upper Austria http://www.ooegeschichte.at/
    Our pal and DP historian in Austria, Klaus Fohringer, provided us with these photos:
    Wels working in garden   Erffin Botsch Thompson

    DP Camp Wels [Camp #?]: Gardening, 1953
    Photo compliments of Austrian Picture Archives http://www.bildarchiv.at/

    		  Camp Nr. 1002: Opening of new building by US-Ambassador Thompson, 1953 Photo compliments of Austrian Picture Archives http://www.bildarchiv.at/
    Licenegg Umzug Sefansie   Barackenneubau
    Lichtenegg (Camp Nr. 1001): [partial ?] move to new housing estate "Stefan-Siedlung", 1961
    Photo compliments of Virtual Museum of Upper Austria http://www.ooegeschichte.at/    		  

    Camp Nr. 1002: Construction of a new barrack /shack, 1953 Photo compliments of Virtual Museum of Upper Austria http://www.ooegeschichte.at/
    Lichtenegg 1   Lichtenegg 1a
    Lichtennegg Church inauguration 1952    
    Lichtenegg (Camp Nr. 1001): Church inauguration, 1952
    Photo compliments of Virtual Museum of Upper Austria http://www.ooegeschichte.at/    		    
      Wels new building

    Camp Nr. 1002: New building, 1953
    Photo compliments of Austrian Picture Archives http://www.bildarchiv.at/

    		 

    Camp Nr. 1002: New building, 1953
    Photo compliments of Austrian Picture Archives http://www.bildarchiv.at/

       
    Ft Wels Stefansiedling 1960 Photo compliments of Virtual Museum of Upper Austria http://www.ooegeschichte.at/    

       

      - Fliegerhorst (Nr. 1000): former Nazi Air Force Camp, closed ?

      - Lichtenegg (Nr. 1001): former Nazi Army Camp, closed probably 1964 (last inmates: Hungarian refugees [fled 1956])

      - Nr. 1002 ([city district] Lichtenegg, too ?): new built in 1953, closed ?
      - Nr. 1006 [identically with or part of 1002 ?]

      - Säuglingsheim: new born hospital, closed ?

    BOOKS: U.S. Army. 328th Inf Regt. History of the Three Hundred Twenty-Eighth Infantry Regiment: 12 February to VE Day, 9 May 1945. Wels, Austria: Verlagsdrückerei Wels, 1945. 46 p. #603-328.1945/2.

    Author: Magistrat der Stadt Wels.

    Title: List of former concentration camp prisoners buried at Wels, Austria, in 1945 name list. Description: .25 in. Notes: Consists of a copy of a list of names of concentration camp inmates who died at Wels, Austria, mostly in May 1945, and were buried in the city cemetery there. The list provides the first and last names of the victims and, in some cases, their place and date of birth, and place and date of death. Standard citation for US Holocaust Research Institute Archives Magistrat der Stadt Wels, Austria. The Magistrat der Stadt Wels supplied a copy of the name list to Ernest Willinger in Aug 1990....Pulled for catalog 24 Sep 1993. Control No.: DCHY582-A [December 2000] Jewishgen cemetary project. http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/w-europe/austria.html

     

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