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What was a Displaced Persons' camp?

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At the end of World War 2 many people were far from home and unable to return home for political reasons. The Allies set up Displaced Persons' camps for them. They are often referred to as DP Camps.

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There they would be taken care of and they would live there. Mostly adults went there, but children also were allowed to go there, although there weren't many.

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The people in Displaced Persons' camps nearly all emigrated - to Israel, the US, Canada and Australia. The last of the DP camps closed in 1957.
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