DP Camp Haid of first housing projects, Haid transformed into one of the largest construction sites in Austria. Step by step, the barracks were torn down and rows of apartment blocks were built up. DP Camp Haid The DP camp Haid, officially Wohnsiedlung 121 Haid, was a camp for displaced persons first under the American administration, then the Upper Austrian administration. It was located in the district of Haid, Ansfelden in Upper Austria. Displaced persons were civilians who were affected by the turmoil of World War II, first with unknown residence. After the Second World War Ansfelden belonged to the American occupation zone.
Eastern Front (World War II) Europe. On 1 September 1939 Nazi Germany invaded Poland, starting World War II. On 17 September, the USSR invaded Eastern Poland, and, as a result, Poland was partitioned among Nazi Germany, Soviet Union and Lithuania. Soon after that, the USSR demanded significant territorial concessions from Finland, and after Finland rejected Soviet demands, the Soviet Union attacked Finland on 30 November 1939 in what became known as the Winter War – a bitter conflict that resulted in a peace treaty on 13 March 1940, with Finland losing its eastern parts in Karelia. In June 1940 the Soviet Union occupied and illegally