The Reichsschule Feldafing was founded on April 1, 1933 as a 9th class Nazi Party school on

Lake Starnberg Lake Starnberg, or ''Starnberger See'' ) — called Lake Würm, or ''Würmsee'' , until 1962 — is Germany's second-largest body of fresh water, having great depth, and fifth-largest lake by area. It and its surroundings lie in three different Ba ...

and was located in a villa neighborhood in

Feldafing Feldafing () is a municipality in Starnberg district, Bavaria, Germany, and is located on the west shore of Lake Starnberg, southwest of Munich. History The history of Feldafing begins on the Roseninsel or Rose Island, the only island in Lake ...

History

The ''Reichsschule Feldafing'' was located in a 1912 era country house on

, a part of which

Thomas Mann Paul Thomas Mann ( , ; ; 6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novella ...

had also owned before it was converted into a private school for the Nazi Storm Trooper leadership. In 1938, the school got a new building, designed by

Alois Degano Alois Degano (3 March 1887 in Schmerold (Gmund am Tegernsee), Schmerold, municipality Gmund am Tegernsee; † July 26 1960Christa Schroeder (secretary), Christa Schroeder''He was my boss'' pp. 373–374 in Gmund am Tegernsee) was a German ar ...

, and was renamed ''Reichsschule der NSDAP Feldafing'' (RSF). The school was sponsored by the leadership of the

Nazi Party The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported t ...

. In 1942, an addition to the

Dachau concentration camp Dachau () was the first concentration camp built by Nazi Germany, opening on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern Hitler's political opponents which consisted of: communists, social democrats, and other dissidents. It is ...

was constructed on adjacent property. This addition was dissolved on April 23, 1945 and, after the end of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, the former Reichsschule students were prevented from pursuing further education. The

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converted the former Reichsschule into a

Displaced Persons Camp A refugee camp is a temporary settlement built to receive refugees and people in refugee-like situations. Refugee camps usually accommodate displaced people who have fled their home country, but camps are also made for internally displaced peo ...

to house Jewish

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s. After the dissolution of the

Feldafing displaced persons camp Feldafing displaced persons camp in Bavaria was the first DP camp exclusively for use by liberated Jewish concentration camp prisoners. It was later used by Jewish refugees from the Russian-controlled Jewish areas. The camp was located in Feldafin ...

in 1951, the German Military took over operations of the building. In 1999 the building was renovated and converted into a literature museum. Schools in Bavaria Education in Nazi Germany Displaced persons camps in the aftermath of World War II Educational institutions established in 1933 1945 disestablishments in Germany Defunct schools in Germany 1933 establishments in Germany Buildings and structures in Starnberg (district) {{Bavaria-struct-stub