![[Translate to English:] Das Frauen-Konzentrationslager Ravensbrück bei seiner Erweiterung um das Jahr1940](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/9/csm_start_1939_1945_daf1e26a31.jpg "[Translate to English:] Das Frauen-Konzentrationslager Ravensbrück bei seiner Erweiterung um das Jahr 1940")
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)](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/a/csm_start_1945_1959_dcc2306636.jpg "[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](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/7/csm_start_1959_1992_d7aa7c269b.jpg "[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](/fileadmin/_processed_/5/3/csm_start_1993_1_4d35ae2cb5.jpg "[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
81st Anniversary of the Liberation of the Ravensbrück Women’s Concentration Camp
01. May - 03. May 2026 – all day
News
Supporting programme for the exhibition “Resistance – Persecution – Deportation. Women from France in Ravensbrück Concentration Camp 1942–1945”
14. April 2026
The travelling exhibition from the Ravensbrück Memorial Site, “Resistance – Persecution – Deportation: Women from France in Ravensbrück Concentration Camp 1942–1945”, can be seen at the Mémorial des martyrs de la Déportation in Paris until 8 May 2026. The Heinrich Heine House in Paris is offering a programme of events to accompany the exhibition. more
Laying of the stumbling stone for Ravensbrück survivor Luise B. in Krefeld
11. November 2025
The stumbling block for Luise B. is the first to commemorate a female forced labourer in a concentration camp brothel. It will be laid on 17 December 2025. more
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