Events | Mahn‑ und Gedenkstätte Ravensbrück

„Großonkel Pauls Geigenbogen“ – Reading and Discussion with Romeo Franz

"Great-Uncle Paul’s Violin Bow: The Family History of a Prussian Sinto" (translated title of the original German edition), written by Romeo Franz and Alexandra Senfft

02. August 2025 – 14:00 - 16:00 Uhr

August 2 is the European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma who were persecuted and murdered under National Socialism. To mark this occasion, the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum is hosting a programme that commemorates the history of their persecution and murder. more

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

Performance “Sound in the Silence: Raise Your Voice” at the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate

Sound in the Silence - Raise your Voice 2025

29. August 2025 – 19:00 - 21:30 Uhr

On 29 August 2025, students from the Rudi Stephan Secondary School in Worms will present the results of their artistic engagement with the history of the Osthofen concentration camp, the Ravensbrück women’s concentration camp, and the life story of Holocaust survivor Emmie Arbel at the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate in Mainz. more

Performance “Sound in the Silence: Raise Your Voice” at the Osthofen Concentration Camp Memorial

30. August 2025 – 11:00 - 12:30 Uhr

On 30 August 2025, students from the Rudi Stephan Secondary School in Worms will present the results of their artistic engagement with the history of the Osthofen concentration camp, the Ravensbrück women’s concentration camp, and the life story of Holocaust survivor Emmie Arbel at the Osthofen Concentration Camp Memorial in Rhineland-Palatinate. more

Inauguration of the FrauenOrte Plaque Honoring the International Ravensbrück Committee

14. September 2025 – 14:00 - 16:00 Uhr

On the Day of the Open Monument, the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum will inaugurate a FrauenOrte plaque dedicated to the International Ravensbrück Committee. The plaque honors the enduring commitment of former prisoners and their descendants to preserving memory and advocating for remembrance. more

"The halls of the weaving mill as an exhibit" - Lecture and discussion accompanying the exhibition on textile production at Ravensbrück Concentration Camp

Finger hut from the collection of the Ravensbrück Memorial, © Dominique Hurth.

21. September 2025 – 15:00 - 17:00 Uhr

The series of events is the supporting programme that accompanies Dominique Hurth's artistic interventions at the Ravensbrück Memorial. Each meeting deals with a research question or objects that the artist has encountered in her many years of research, both in archives and in dialogue with experts. more

"The tools and utensils needed to make clothes" - Lecture and discussion accompanying the exhibition on textile production at Ravensbrück Concentration Camp

28. September 2025 – 15:00 - 17:00 Uhr

The series of events is the supporting programme that accompanies Dominique Hurth's artistic interventions at the Ravensbrück Memorial. Each meeting deals with a research question or objects that the artist has encountered in her many years of research, both in archives and in dialogue with experts. more

"The loom" - Artist talk accompanying the exhibition on textile production at Ravensbrück Concentration Camp

25. October 2025 – 15:00 - 17:00 Uhr

The series of events is the supporting programme that accompanies Dominique Hurth's artistic interventions at the Ravensbrück Memorial. Each meeting deals with a research question or objects that the artist has encountered in her many years of research, both in archives and in dialogue with experts. more

"The female guards' uniform"- Panel discussion accompanying the exhibition on textile production at Ravensbrück Concentration Camp

13. November 2025 – 19:00 - 20:30 Uhr

The series of events is the supporting programme that accompanies Dominique Hurth's artistic interventions at the Ravensbrück Memorial. Each meeting deals with a research question or objects that the artist has encountered in her many years of research, both in archives and in dialogue with experts. more

"The summer and winter version of the female prisoner’s clothing" - Panel discussion accompanying the exhibition on textile production at Ravensbrück Concentration Camp

04. December 2025 – 19:00 - 20:30 Uhr

The series of events is the supporting programme that accompanies Dominique Hurth's artistic interventions at the Ravensbrück Memorial. Each meeting deals with a research question or objects that the artist has encountered in her many years of research, both in archives and in dialogue with experts. more