Salzburg; DP Hosp. (U.S. zone) - In the town of Salzburg were five DP camps:
Camp Herzl (Franz-Josefs-Kaserne*) between Schrannengasse and Paris-London-Strasse.
Camp Mülln 6 DP in Müllner Hauptstrasse 38.
Beth (Beit) Bialik in the part of Salzburg, called Maxglan. See photos
Beth Trumpeldor in the part of Salzburg, called Gnigl, and
New Palestine (called later Parsch) in the Wiesbauerstrasse 9 in Salzburg-Parsch (Parsch is also the part of Salzburg)
Other DP camps in the country (province) of Salzburg, outside the city of Salzburg were called:
*Kaserne means barracks; **Lager means camp
City Archive: Archiv der Stadt Salzburg mit Archiv des Salzburger Museums
Carolino-Augusteum, Schloss,
Museumsplatz 6,
5010 Salzburg
Erzbistum Salzburg, Konsistorialarchiv,
Kapitelplatz 2,
5010 Salzburg
Erzabtei St. Peter, Archiv, St. Peter,
Postfach 113,
5010 Salzburg
Universität Salzburg, Universitätsarchiv,
Residenzplatz
1,
Postfach 505,
5010 Salzburg
Salzburg photos, http://www.stadt-salzburg.at
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Hotel Europa 1949 |
Entrance Hotel Europa 1949 |
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Former Grand Hotel de l'Europe,
1932 Source: Austrian Picture Archives (http://www.bidarchiv.at/) |
Hotel Europe DP camp area,
1999 Source: municipality |
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Alpenstrasse Barracks 1957 Source: Austrian database (www.aeiou.at) |
Alpenstrasse in winter 1950-55 Source: Austrian database (www.aeiou.at) |
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Alpenstrasse 1950er Wohnungselend Source: Austria-Lexikon |
Alpenstrasse 1957, Wohnung |
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FL Salzburg Kurhaus bombed ruins |
Rosittenkaserne 1953 Source: Austrian database (www.aeiou.at) |
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Salzburg Laschenskyhof' |
The rubble at Hotel Europa
in 1949 Austrian Picture Archives (http://www.bidarchiv.at/) |
Important history: 3,500 Ukrainians (2,000 Poles) protested with 5 days of hungar strikes, silent mourning, religious services and hymns prepared for martydom because 130 had been evicted from the camp for refusal to go before pro-Soviet screening commission to give info which may have endangered their loved ones back home. Screenings were cancelled (Wyman, p.59).,
Some Ukrainian documentation at Shevchenko Scientific Society Library http://www.shevchenko.org/
Jews were in Salzburg camp also.
Hi Olga,
I found your website about DP Camps in Austria and read it with great interest. I lived in Rositten Kasserne in Salzburg for five years, ending in August, 1951, when my family emigrated to the U.S. I was six years old at that time. I returned to Salzburg and found Rositten Str., and asked about a refugee camp in the area in the late 1940's and was told that there was indeed a camp at this site. It is now a very stylish townhouse complex.I have memories of going to kindergarten in the camp and attending first grade at Reis Schule in Salzburg. Also, I recognize the names of Steiermark and Parsch, as my family told me that we also lived there at one time. If you have any info about Rositten Kaserne, I'd like to know. Thank You, Irmgard Kauk Spencer
9/27/05
Olyu....My mother, Salomea Drozdowska was in a displaced persons camp in Salzburg. She was from Ukraine...Lviv to be exact. Can you guide me on how I might find any information about my mother, who is now 94 years old and can't remember anything? I would truly be grateful for any advice you can give. I will be in Salzburg in November and would like to get whatever information I can then. Best regards.... Andriy J. Semotiuk, semotiuk@ aol.com
![]() ![]() 12/19/05 Hello Olga, Best Regards, David Harri, email: david@vertexplus.co.uk |
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4/5/11 wrote:
French:
Bonjour Madame
J'ai découvert à la mort de papa, des lettres d'un monsieur GRESNOW Alex
il vivait avec sa famille au camp numéro 7 à Salzburg (juin 1949)
je pense que le petit enfant sur la photo de Saalfeden est son fils :j'ai une photo ou la ressemblance est frappante. Mon papa Ivan Kononow était Ukrainien il a était fait prisonnier à Dnipropetrovk en mai 1942 il avait 16 ans A la libération des camps ( il ne nous a jamais dit ou il était détenu ) il s'est engagé dans la légion étrangère à Innsbruck sous le nom de komonoff Valentin d'origine Polonaise J'ai des documents que j'aimerai partager , j'aimerai beaucoup retrouver des gens qui l'on connu ,ainsi que alex GRESNOW et Alex KAGASECHEK qui l'a suivit à la légion je vous remercie pour tout ce travail que vous faites ;vous donnez envie de retrouver ses origines
Computer Translation to English:
Hello Madam J' discovered with death of dad, letters of a Mr GRESNOW Alex he lived with his family with the camp number 7 in Salzburg (June 1949) I think that the small child on the photograph of Saalfeden is his son: j' have a photograph and the resemblance is striking. My dad Ivan Kononow was Ukrainian he was made prisoner with Dnipropetrovk in May 1942 when he was 16 years old. With the release of the camps (it us forever known as or it was held) he was engaged in the foreign legion with Innsbruck under the name of Komonoff Valentine of origin Polonaise J' have documents that j' will like to divide, j' will like much to find people who l' one known, like Alex GRESNOW and Alex KAGASECHEK who l' has followed to the legion I thank you for all this work which you made; you give desire for finding its origins
Alain HEYRAUD helainheyraud@wanadoo.fr
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RE: Archpriest Vitaly Sahaydakivsky,
My grandmother was a Polish DP of Ruthenian ethnicity who met her husband in a Salzburg DP camp. They were married in 1947 in an Orthodox Christian wedding conducted by Archpriest Vitaly Sahaydakivsky, who was later an important figure in the Ukrainian Church in America. I am trying to track down their marriage certificate, if you have any ideas about how to do this I would be very grateful! All my very best,
Follow up: 8/11/2017
Thank you for your kind reply. I wrote to the Landesarchiv a few days ago, and they told me to write to the Salzburg Standesamt (civil registry), who then told me that if it was an Orthodox wedding, I should write to either the Romanian or the Russian church in Salzburg. So I found an email address for the Russian church and have written to them, although I'm not certain whether Fr. Vitaly Sahaydakivsky would have been within the ROCOR jurisdiction in 1947 -- he later helped found a Ukrainian church in America which I think was independent of the official UOC (http://orthodoxhistory.org/2011/03/15/bishop-joseph-zuk-a-brief-biographical-overview/#comment-1348).
This is the email address I used: standesamt@stadt-salzburg.at
Full address:
STADT:SALZBURG Magistrat, Einwohner- und Standesamt
Mirabellplatz 4
Postfach 83
5024 Salzburg
Tel: +43 662 8072 3513
Fax: +43 662 8072 2060
Web: www.stadt-salzburg.atAlexis A
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