Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive

Joseph Gringlas - January 14 & 22, March 18, 1993

Travel to Germany

I see.

So they had made like papers that we are Greek. And at the time were so many people in different countries say they're Greek wind-up in camps after the liberation in Poland so they allow us to go through. So we went through the borders in Poland, and went to Czechoslovakia. In Czechoslovakia we came, we had to go through underground because we're not supposed to--not legal going to the borders, then to eh, to Germany.

Where in Germany?

Munich. Landsberg, around Munich. Landsberg am Lech. That was where Hitler was...

Yeah.

Oh this camp was...

There was a camp there?

Yeah, it was a big building camps and a lot of from old survivors were there.

A Displaced Persons camp.

Displaced Persons camp yes.

That's where you were?

UNRRA. You heard about UNRRA?


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