Events

27. January 2025 – 11:00 - 13:00 Uhr

Participatory Reading Ravensbrück Reads Ravensbrück: "The Thought of Death Awakens in Me the Desire to Live" – The Year 1945 Reflected in Personal Testimonies. more

27. January 2025 – 19:00 - 21:00 Uhr

On this year's Holocaust Memorial Day, a participatory reading will take place online.‘The thought of death awakens in me the desire to live’ - The year 1945 in the mirror of personal testimonies. more

30. March 2025 – 15:00 - 16:30 Uhr

On March 30, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the death of French nun Élise Rivet will be commemorated. As a member of the Résistance, she helped persecuted individuals escape deportation until she herself was arrested, deported to Ravensbrück, and murdered on Good Friday in 1945. In her memory, the St. Lukas Neubrandenburg parish invites you to a memorial service at the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum. A guided tour of the historical camp grounds and the subsequent gathering in the café provide an opportunity for remembrance and exchange. The event will be held in German. more

01. May - 04. May 2025 – all day

From May 1 to May 4, 2025, the Ravensbrück Memorial and the International Ravensbrück Committee will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp with an extensive program. more

02. May 2025 – 19:00 Uhr

In this talk, Ravensbrück survivor Ivan Lefkovits shares insights into his experiences and memories. The event will be held in German and will be simultaneously translated into English. Registration required. more

03. May - 04. May 2025 – all day

The Market of Remembrance and Encounter invites visitors to explore the diverse forms of remembrance and commemoration work related to Ravensbrück. more

03. May - 04. May 2025 – all day

In the Weaving Mill on the former Industrial Estate (“Industriehof”) of the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum, Dominique Hurth presents a two-part artistic intervention on the largely unexplored textile history of the Ravensbrück Women's Concentration Camp. more

03. May - 04. May 2025 – 10:00 - 10:00 Uhr

From Saturday morning to Sunday morning, the names of the victims of the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp will be read out over 24 hours at the site of the former camp gate. more

03. May 2025 – 11:30 - 13:00 Uhr

Since June 2023, the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum has been working on an online exhibition dedicated to the history of the men's camp and the experiences of those imprisoned there. more

03. May 2025 – 15:00 Uhr

The open-air exhibition on the former Camp Grounds presents 20 biogra- phies on historic sites, highlighting self-assertion, courage, and solidarity in seemingly hopeless situations. After the opening, curators Dr Andrea Genest and Jeanette Toussaint will give a guided tour. more

03. May 2025 – 18:44 Uhr

The concert links music, poetry and multimedia elements. The focus is on poems and memories of Polish women detained in Ravensbrück. more

03. May 2025 – 19:00 Uhr

The Memorial invites guests and cooperation partners to a joint dinner. Registration required. more

04. May 2025 – 10:00 - 12:00 Uhr

The Central Commemoration Ceremony will take place on Sunday, 4 May, at 10 a.m. Registration is required. Further details on the programme can be found here. The event will be simultaneously translated into German, English, French and Polish. more

04. May 2025 – 13:00 Uhr

The tour provides insight into the history of the Ravensbrück Women’s Concentration Camp. The tour will be held in German and English. more

18. May 2025 – 14:00 - 15:30 Uhr

On May 18, 2025, International Museum Day will take place. On this day, museums and memorial sites worldwide open their doors to highlight their significance as places of education, remembrance, and research. The Ravensbrück Memorial Museum is taking part with a public guided tour. Please note that the public guided tour will be held in German only. more

01. June 2025 – 11:00 - 12:00 Uhr

The association ‘Die Flamme der Hoffnung-The Flame Of Hope e.V.’ commemorates the children, their mothers and fathers who died in the Ravensbrück concentration camp on the occasion of International Children's Day. A wreath-laying ceremony will then take place at the new memorial site. more

12. June - 04. July 2025 – 18:00 - 19:30 Uhr

How do we remember the unspeakable? How do we tell stories that must be passed on? The Theater Youth Club Ensemble Angestrahlt brings a powerful production to the stage with Some Things I Know, but I Don’t Remember. Inspired by the life of Emmie Arbel, who survived Ravensbrück concentration camp as a child, this performance explores how memories remain alive. A thought-provoking engagement with the past and the present. Premiere on June 12, 2025, at Theater Strahl and on July 13 at the Ravensbrück Memorial. Please note: All performances will be held in German. more

03. July 2025 – 10:00 - 12:00 Uhr

On 3 July 2025, a memorial plaque commemorating and honouring the Spanish women deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp will be unveiled at the Ravensbrück Memorial. more

25. July 2025 – 21:30 - 23:30 Uhr

The Ravensbrück Memorial Museum and the association ‘Brückenschlag Fürstenberg’ e.V. cordially invite you to an open-air cinema evening on Friday, 25 July 2025. The event will take place in front of the pavilion in Fürstenberg town park. more

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

24. August 2025 – 15:00 - 17:00 Uhr

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

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 education" from 25-29 August 2025. more

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

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

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

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

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

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

06. November 2025 – 18:00 - 20:00 Uhr

The travelling exhibition ‘Resistance – Persecution – Deportation. Women from France in Ravensbrück Concentration Camp 1942–1945’ opened in 2022 at the Ravensbrück Memorial Site. After stops in France, it will be on display at the Berlin State Archive (Landesarchiv Berlin) from November 2025 to February 2026. more

09. November 2025 – 12:00 Uhr

On November 9, 2025, the Koordinierungsstelle Stolpersteine Berlin and the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum invite you to join a walking tour through the former Scheunenviertel in Berlin-Mitte. The tour focuses on the biographies of four women who were imprisoned in the Ravensbrück women’s concentration camp. more

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

28. November 2025 – 17:00 - 19:00 Uhr

Charity event organised by Ravensbrück Memorial Museum and Internationaler Freundeskreis e.V. at the Embassy of the Hellenic Republic in Berlin more

02. December 2025 – 18:00 - 20:00 Uhr

Dr Kathrin Mess presents her book on Luxembourg women during the Second World War, caught between resistance, persecution and imprisonment, at the Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Berlin. more

02. December 2025 – 18:00 - 19:30 Uhr

The denied victims of National Socialism: consequences and continuities in our present day: Discussion with Mascha Krink, Ines Eichmüller, Oliver Gaida and Dr Andrea Genest more

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

12. December 2025 – 10:00 - 12:00 Uhr

From 8 to 12 December 2025, the Ravensdruck art project will take place for the twelfth time at the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum. This year, students from the Ernst Litfaß School in Berlin will work on prints inspired by the life story of Vilma Steindling. The project will be especially enriched by the participation of Ruth Steindling, Vilma Steindling’s daughter. more