1948? – Wladsylaw, Lidia and Friend 
1948? – Wladsylaw, Lidia and Friend (back) 
Wladyslaw and Friend 
Wladyslaw and Friend 
Wladyslaw and Friends 
Wladyslaw and Friends 
Wladyslaw and Friends 
Wladyslaw, Lidia, and Priest 
Wladyslaw, Lidia, and Group 
1948 – Wladyslaw Age 17 
Wladyslaw(4th from left) and Soccer Team 
Wladyslaw and Friends 
Wladyslaw (top left) 
Lidia and Friends 
Wladyslaw Assembly Center Registration 
May 2, 1949 – Transfer from Augsburg 
1949? – Wladyslaw and Lidia with Baggage 
IRO Camp Grohn Postcard
The Parfomuk family left Augsburg for the IRO Center at Camp Grohn in Bremen, which was a staging camp for DP emigrants. According to another account, at the camp, DP’s were prepared for their emigration by having vaccinations and medical exams. They also were required to watch films about what to do in the camp and attended two-day information sessions about life in the United States, including sessions about becoming a citizen, American history, government, customs, employment, money, and weights and measures. Emigres remained at the camp until the day of their ship’s departure, when they would board a train for the short trip to the port.
Walter Parfomak: An Immigrant Story 
Hello,
herewith, I want to ask for permission for the use of material from your page in our exhibition.
At Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, Germany, we actually are working on an exhibition project about the history of the university campus. The buildings which form today Jacobs University from 1947 until 1952 were used as Displaced Persons Camp called Camp Grohn.
Since the beginning of that year, we started research and work in order to open an exhibition about this history of the building complex in the end of 2021. The exhibition actually is prepared in two seminars with students under my supervision (see https://www.bing.com/search?q=an+exhibition+created+by+students&cvid=a223bc4930b940febd56f0c885275f7b&aqs=edge.0.69i59j69i61j69i57j0l4.4691j0j4&pglt=545&FORM=ANAB01&PC=HCTS). We plan the opening for December 2021. The exhibition will be both physical and virtual. In a concrete room at Jacobs university we present a panel exhibition, additionally we work with AR and VR formats in order to make the exhibition accessible also for visitors abroad. Additionally, we will work on an exhibition catalogue.
Searching the internet, I came across to your page., We would like to include the emigration story presented there in our exhibition. Can we get a high-resolution scan of the photographs? Are there other photographs or documents (letters, passports) or even items (personal belongings) related to Camp Grohn? Please tell us the conditions, eventually applying fees and the necessary quotation of your material in our exhibition.
With many thanks in advance, hoping for a positive reply and with best greetings
Rüdiger Ritter
PD Dr. Rüdiger Ritter
Jacobs University Bremen
Lecturer
Rasenweg 18
27580 Bremerhaven
Te.: +49 152 27564916
RRitter@gmx.de
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