Inara Bush of Australia has supplied us with these photos of Windischbergerdorf. If you see your family in these photos, email her to receive higher 1200 dpi images: inite@live.com.au
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On 5/29/08 David Kerrigan wrote:
My father, Bill Kerrigan, was a US Army Lieutenant who ran the Windischbergerdorf DP Camp from about the middle of May to the middle of August 1945. He has had many interesting and exciting stories to tell about his experiences at the camp, which had about 1200 people at the time. These people had been forced by the Germans to work local farms: men, women, and children from all over Europe, mostly Poles, Russians and Ukrainians --even the cousin of King Zog of Albania and a Chinese acrobat named Mickey.
Keeping the peace was not always easy, as national and ethnic resentments could run high, especially if anyone had (or seemed to have) collaborated with the Germans or any other national enemy. People did seem to be united, though, in their appreciation for American help in providing sorely needed food, shelter, and medical treatment.
I would love to be in contact with anyone with stories from that time and place. My name is David Kerrigan and my email address is David Kerrigan dwkerri@live.com