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Looking for Baltic DP’s!


Sveiki! Labas! Tere!

My name is Krista Svalbonas. I’m both Lithuanian and Latvian and share a common history with many Balts in the US whose families came here as Displaced People.

I began documenting former Baltic Displaced Person camps in Germany in 2016. To date, I’ve located and documented 47 former DP camps in Germany. I’m looking for people who were at these camps, below, who would be willing for me to take their portrait, in your home, and audio record their story. I’m hoping to compile all of my research and discovered information into a book, preserving this history.

Especially looking for individuals who were at these camps UK zone:
Lubeck Artillery Kasern, Lubeck Waldersee, Emden, Eutin, Braunschweig, Detmold, Itzehoe, Wentorf, Paderborn and Hamburg

US zone: Rendsburg, Kassel, Geislingen, Dillingen, Eichstätt, Muhldorf, Altenstadt and Erlangen
If your camp isn’t listed feel free to contact me anyway!

Thank you in advance! Feel free to email me directly at krista51@me.com or call my cell at 646-331-1491