is now Thomasstrasse; Pennsylvianastrasse has become Faulhaberstrasse, etc. During the early years of the camp's operation, residents mounted several protest campaigns against Allied policy, particularly regarding the restrictions on Jewish immigration to Mandatory Palestine. The Zionist youth movements organized communal groups called kibbutzim for training young pioneers. A number of residents who attempted clandestine immigration to Mandatory Palestine in violation of British restrictions, were apprehended by the authorities and sent back to Föhrenwald. A tuberculosis epidemic swept the camp in the summer of 1946, prompted the establishment of a "Committee of Jewish Tubercular Patients". The committee became an advocate for those residents who were unwilling or unable to leave. In 1951, the West German government took over administration of the camp, while the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee maintained a presence there until 1954. By that time, the remaining residents of other camps that were closed were transferred to Föhrenwald which continued in operation until 1956. In 1956, the Katholisches Siedlungswerk, a Catholic housing institution, took over the site, which then became the home of German families arriving from Eastern Europe. The last Jewish resident left on 28 February 1957. The site was renamed Waldram on 7 November 1957. Today, it is residential area of the city of Wolfratshausen. Museum An museum and information centre in the building of the previous mikvah was opened in 2018. The Erinnerungsort Badehaus tells the story of Föhrenwald from its foundation until today. See also Sh'erit ha-Pletah References External links US Holocaust Memorial Museum article on Foehrenwald Text of talk (1996) by Henry Cohen, former director of the Föhrenwald DP camp, based on his detailed reports written during his tenure Displaced persons camps in the aftermath of World War II IG Farben Residential buildings completed in 1939 Buildings and structures in Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen Aftermath of the Holocaust