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Foehrenwald DP camp (Germany)
A DP (displaced persons) camp established in June 1945 by the US Army near Munich, Germany. One of the largest strictly Jewish DP camps, Foehrenwald accommodated as many as 5,300 Jewish refugees (in January 1946) and had a well-developed infrastructure and cultural life. Jack Adler lived here from fall 1945 until December 1946, when he immigrated to the U.S.
Chicago, IL
In 1948, after over a year in New York, Jack Adler moved to Chicago to live with a foster family.
Bremen, Germany
In December 1946, Jack Adler boarded the S.S. Marine Marlin in Bremen, bound for New York.
Dachau concentration camp (Germany)
The first major Nazi concentration camp, located near Munich. Operating from 1933 to 1945, the site served as an early model for future camps. Initially established for the incarceration of political prisoners, Dachau expanded into a large system of subcamps holding tens of thousands of prisoners and forced laborers, many of them Jews. When American forces liberated Dachau on April 26, 1945, there were 67,655 registered prisoners in the Dachau complex. Jack Adler was sent to the Dachau concentration camp from Kaufering in early 1945. In the last days before the camp was liberated by American forces on April 29, 1945, some 10,000 prisoners--including Jack--were sent on a death march away from the camp. Jack was liberated on May 1, 1945.
This map features a selection of locations that figure in the history of the Holocaust. This is not a comprehensive map. The featured locations were selected based on their relevance to the Survival & Witness project. Many sites have been omitted due to the limited scope of this project; new locations will be added as the project is expanded.