 After World War II Düppel was part of the American sector of West Berlin.In January 1946, the US Army established a large displaced persons (DP) camp here to accommodate the Jewish refugees fleeing from Poland in the wake of anti-Jewish violence, many of whom subsequently made their way to the American Zone in the western part of Germany.At its peak, in September 1946, the camp, which was known as Düppel Center or Schlachtensee DP Camp , housed 5,130 Jewish displaced persons.