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 ‘Machines roar, needle drags the thread, sharp knife shines, cuts in two and stabs.’

24. August 2025 – 15:00 - 17:00 Uhr

Opening of Dominique Hurth's Exhibition on Textile Production in Ravensbrück Concentration Camp more

17th Ravensbrück European Summer School

25. August - 29. August 2025

The 17th European Summer University will be held under the title "Perpetrators – Images and Places. A challenge for research and mediation" from 25-29 August 2025. more

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News

Cal for Paper: 17th Ravensbrück European Summer School

04. July 2025

For the Research Exchange, we are looking for young researchers who are working on a project in the subject area of this year's European Summer University or on various aspects of the history of the former Ravensbrück women's concentration camp. more

Acquisition of Loretta Walz’s Video Archive – Ravensbrück Memorial Museum Expands Its Collection with the Most Comprehensive Interview Series with Survivors of the Women’s Concentration Camp

25. June 2025

With funding from the German Federal Rural Development and Regional Value Creation Programme (BULEplus) in 2024, the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum was able to acquire the audiovisual archive of filmmaker and documentarian Loretta Walz. more

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