Audiovisual Chronicle

Few photographs and film reels have remained from the DP camps. Films have been presumably stored in private collections or archives; there are no film reels at the Estonian memory institutions about the German DP camps. There are few photographic records at Estonian memory institutions, those which there are, have primarily come from personal archives among other documents. Karl Hintzer’s photographs of the German DP camps have been preserved at the Herder Institute in Marburg. Part of Karl Hintzer’s diapositives has also made it to the Estonian National Archives, though they have not yet been made available to the public. About one hundred photos of German camp life can be found at the Museum of Estonians Abroad (VEMU) in Toronto, most of the photos in this exhibition have been borrowed from that collection.

A workroom of DP camp in Germany, probably in 1947.
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Residents of DP camp in Jagel on May 11, 1946.
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DP camp in Velbert, 1946.
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Christening celebration in DP camp in Geretsried, probably in 1946.
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Singing day in Geislingen on August 4, 1946.
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UNRRA gift shop in Augsburg, undated.
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Estonian handicraft on sale in UNRRA gift shop in Augsburg, undated.
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Sewers in Altenstadt camp, undated.
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Estonian man doing metalworking, undated.
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An exhibition introducing the Republic of Estonia in Altenstadt camp in 1946.
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An exhibition introducing the Republic of Estonia in Altenstadt camp in 1946.
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An exhibition introducing the Republic of Estonia in Altenstadt camp in 1946.
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