![[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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News
Call for Papers: Europe in the Concentration Camps. The Expanded Camp System 1944
28. October 2024
The Stiftung Brandenburgische Gedenkstätten, the University of Klagenfurt, the Topography of Terror Documentation Centre, and the Federal Agency for Civic Education invite submissions for the conference "Europe in the Concentration Camps. The Expanded Camp System 1944" which will take place from February 2 to 5, 2025, at the Topography of Terror Documentation Centre in Berlin. more
Diversity instead of Exclusion - New Banner at the Ravensbrück Memorial Site
20. September 2024
Yesterday, a banner was unveiled at the entrance of the Ravensbrück Memorial Site, bearing a clear message: "The dignity of every human being is inviolable. Diversity instead of exclusion!" more
![[Translate to English:] Banner "Vielfalt statt Ausgrenzung"](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/2/csm_Vielfalt_statt_Ausgrenzung-Banner_6a5840b7d9.png "[Translate to English:] Banner \"Vielfalt statt Ausgrenzung\"")
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