 It eventually had its own elementary and religious schools, a sports club, a theater group, and a Yiddish-language newspaper.In July 1948, during the Berlin Blockade, Düppel Center was hastily evacuated and closed, with most of the residents being flown out to Frankfurt am Main, from where they were transferred to other DP camps.The facility then served for the placement of refugees arriving from the German Democratic Republic and East Berlin.