Stiftung Brandenburgische Gedenkstätten Mahn‑ und Gedenkstätte Ravensbrück

[Translate to English:] Das Frauen-Konzentrationslager Ravensbrück bei seiner Erweiterung um das Jahr1940

In 1939, the SS had the largest women’s concentration camp in the German Reich built in Ravensbrück near Fürstenberg. In 1941, a men’s camp was added, and in 1942, Uckermark “juvenile protective custody camp” was taken into operation.
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[Translate to English:] Gedenkzeremonie an der ehemaligen Lagermauer (1950)

After the liberation, the Soviet Army took over much of the former concentration camp and used it as a barracks. From 1948, former prisoners attempted to preserve at least the area around the crematorium and turn it into a place of remembrance.
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[Translate to English:] Einweihung der Nationalen Mahn- und Gedenkstätte 1959

The “Ravensbrück National Memorial” was opened in 1959 and was one of the GDR’s three national memorials. The bronze sculpture “Burdened Woman” (“Tragende”) was at the heart of the memorial’s design on the banks of lake Schwedt. Until 1994, the grounds of the former concentration camp were used for military purposes.
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[Translate to English:] Dauerausstellung "Das Fruaen-Konzentratinoslager Ravensbrück. Geschichte und Erinnerung" in der ehemaligen Kommandantur

In 1993, the Memorial became part of the Brandenburg Memorials Foundation. In 2013, the new permanent exhibition “The Ravensbrück Women's Concentration Camp: History and commemoration“ was opened in the presence of former detainees.
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Events

Exhibition Opening "Resistance – Persecution – Deportation. Women from France in Ravensbrück Concentration Camp 1942–1945"

06. November 2025 – 18:00 - 20:00 Uhr

The travelling exhibition ‘Resistance – Persecution – Deportation. Women from France in Ravensbrück Concentration Camp 1942–1945’ opened in 2022 at the Ravensbrück Memorial Site. After stops in France, it will be on display at the Berlin State Archive (Landesarchiv Berlin) from November 2025 to February 2026. more

Stolperstein Walking Tour on the Occasion of November 9 in Berlin-Mitte

09. November 2025 – 12:00 Uhr

On November 9, 2025, the Koordinierungsstelle Stolpersteine Berlin and the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum invite you to join a walking tour through the former Scheunenviertel in Berlin-Mitte. The tour focuses on the biographies of four women who were imprisoned in the Ravensbrück women’s concentration camp. more

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Ravensbrück Memorial Museum mourns the loss of Dr Judit Varga-Hoffmann (1927–2025)

24. October 2025

The Hungarian survivor of Auschwitz, Ravensbrück and Retzow-Rechlin concentration camps passed away in Budapest on 23 October 2025. more

Judit Varga-Hoffmann in der Gedenkstätte Ravensbrück

Ravensbrück Memorial Museum mourns the loss of Selma van de Perre (1922-2025)

23. October 2025

The Dutch journalist and survivor of the Vught and Ravensbrück concentration camps passed away in London on 20 October 2025 at the age of 103. more

Selma van de Perre 2019 in der Gedenkstätte Ravensbrück, Foto: Hildegard Hansche Stiftung, Carsten Büttner
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