On the site of the former Nuremberg-Langwasser prison camp, Allied relief organizations operated a camp for foreigners, so-called displaced persons, who had come to Germany during the war. The camp was named after the Latvian-Estonian border town of Valka, from where originated most people accomodated here. Anfang der fünfziger Jahre war es, mittlerweile unter deutscher Verwaltung, das größte bayerische Lager für Flüchtlinge aus den Ostblockstaaten.
