Ravensbrück Memorial Museum
78th Anniversary of the liberation of the Ravensbrück concentration camp
22. April - 23. April 2023 – all day
Programme of the 78th anniversary of liberation
Thursday, 20 April 2023
19:00 hrs
Book review and discussion with author Barbara Yelin and Emmie Arbel
Presentation of the graphic novel “But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust.” (Toronto University Press, 2022) In the presence of the Ravensbrück survivor Emmie Arbel.
Moderated by Dr. Matthias Heyl, Ravensbrück Memorial
Where: Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Strasse der Pariser Kommune 8a, 10243 Berlin
Please register under info@ravensbrueck.de.
Event held in cooperation with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
Friday, 21 April 2023
11:00 hrs
Renewal of the waymarks
Students of the Ernst Litfass School in Berlin renew the waymarks on the “Road of Remembrance” leading from Fürstenberg train station to Ravensbrück memorial. Supported by Ingo Grollmus.
Saturday, 22 April 2023
11:00 hrs
In remembrance of the group of Polish prisoners
Where: Fürstenberg Main Cemetery, Friedhofsweg 2, 16798 Fürstenberg/Havel
Organized by the Lagergemeinschaft Ravensbrück/Freundeskreis e. V.
12:00-18:00 hrs
SPUR.lab – Digital projects on show
The team of the research lab presents prototypes for teaching history digitally.
SPUR.lab is a research project of the Brandenburgische Gesellschaft für Kultur und Geschichte, the Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg and the Brandenburg Memorials Foundation.
Where: former waterworks
12:30-14:30 hrs
Guided tours of the historic camp area
Held in German and English
Where: meet at Visitor Information Centre
15:00 hrs
Remembrance at the “Uckermark Youth Concentration Camp” memorial site
Commemorative event with speeches and music
Where: Memorial “Uckermark Youth Concentration Camp”
Meet for shuttle service at Ravensbrück Memorial, Haus der Lagergemeinschaft, starting at 14:15 hrs
Organized by the Initiative für einen Gedenkort Uckermark e. V./Netzwerk
16:00 hrs
Exhibition of artistic works relating to the biography of Gustav Fritz Herzberg
Welcome:
Dr. Andrea Genest, Director, Ravensbrück Memorial
Introducing the project:
Xenia Trost, great-niece of former inmate Gustav Fritz Herzberg
Katharina Jesdinsky, Prof. Piotr Nathan and a student of the Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design, Kiel
Where: former textile factory
Held in cooperation with the drawing and print graphics class of the Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design, Kiel
17:00 hrs
Book review and discussion
Brigitte Halbmayr: “Brüchiges Schweigen. Tod in Ravensbrück – auf den Spuren von Anna Burger” [Fragile silence. Death at Ravensbrück – in the footsteps of Anna Burger]
Mandelbaum Verlag Vienna, Berlin 2023
The author in conversation with Siegrid Fahrecker, granddaughter of Anna Burger.
Where: large foyer in the garage complex
Held in cooperation with the Austrian Camp Community Ravensbrück and Friends e. V.
18:30 hrs
Get-together
Where: large event hall in the garage complex
20:00 hrs
Film screening “Nelly & Nadine”
Documentary film by Magnus Gertten from 2022
Where: Kulturgasthof “Alte Reederei”, Brandenburger Strasse 38, 16798 Fürstenberg/Havel
Organized by the Ravensbrück Lagergemeinschaft/Freundeskreis e. V.
Sunday, 23 April 2023
09:00 hrs
Commemoration at the Soviet Memorial
Remembrance with music played by accordionist Tanja Buttenborg
Please wear civilian clothes.
Where: Soviet memorial, Bahnhofstrasse, 16798 Fürstenberg/Havel
Organized by the Ravensbrück Lagergemeinschaft/Freundeskreis e. V.
10:00-12:00 hrs
Central commemorative ceremony
Where: square in front of the former Kommandantur
Official welcome:
Dr. Andrea Genest, Director, Ravensbrück Memorial
Ambra Laurenzi, President, International Ravensbrück Committee
Robert Philipp, Mayor of the town of Fürstenberg/Havel
Message of greeting:
Dr. Dietmar Woidke, Minister-President of the State of Brandenburg
Speeches:
Ib Katznelson, survivor of Ravensbrück concentration camp
Dr. Irina Sherbakova, founding member of the human rights organization Memorial
Musical accompaniment:
Céline Bocquillon (vocals), Katharzina Wieczerzak (double bass), Renaud Cayla (guitar)
Religious remembrance:
The Ravensbrück prayer, Barbara Piotrowska, survivor of Ravensbrück concentration camp
Kaddish, Cantor Mimi Sheffer, Cantor Issak Sheffer, Berlin
Laying wreaths at the memorial statue Burdened Woman
12:00-18:00 hrs
SPUR.lab – Digital projects on show
The team of the research lab presents prototypes for teaching history digitally.
SPUR.lab is a research project of the Brandenburgische Gesellschaft für Kultur und Geschichte, the Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg and the Brandenburg Memorials Foundation.
Where: former waterworks
12:30 hrs
Catholic Memorial service in Polish
Where: former cell building
Organized by the Polish Catholic Mission in the Archdiocese Berlin
13:00 hrs
Remembering lesbian women and girls
Where: new memorial site
Organized by the Autonomous Feminist Women and Lesbians from Germany and Austria Initiative
15:00 hrs
“Staying Human” – Interreligious remembrance
Walking along the way stations across the site
Organized by the “Zukunftswerkstatt interreligiöses Gedenken” Working Group
Where: meet at the square in front of the former Kommandantur at 14:45 hrs
Sunday 30 April 2023
16:00 hrs
International forum of the second and third generations (online)
Platform of exchange for relatives of former prisoners
Moderated by Dr. Matthias Heyl and Dr. Andrea Genest
Languages: English, French, Polish and German with simultaneous interpretation
Please register under paedagogik@ravensbrueck.de.
Please note:
By participating in the event, you agree to be photographed and allow organizers to use the images for documentation of and internal reports about the event and publish them on the internet.
In addition, the images may also be made available to media representatives on request.
Please refrain from carrying banners or clothes with political statements at the commemorative ceremony. Signs and symbols of former detainees associations are accepted.
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