Maczków/Haren – a Polish Displaced Persons Camp

30/07/2021 8 min
Maczków/Haren – a Polish Displaced Persons Camp

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Oberlangen Germany In 1945, the German town of Haren was evacuated to make room for a sizeable population of Polish displaced persons (DPs). Many of them ex-/army members who had fought alongside the British. The entire town was requisitioned and turned into a microcosm of Polish society in the heart of Germany for 3 years before the whole process was reversed.