Events

Between January 1942 and September 1944, 9,000 women were deported from France to the German Reich as part of politically motivated repression measures. Around 7,000 women were sent to the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp. Most of them were resistance fighters. The exhibition highlights the lives and experiences of these women, their different social and national backgrounds. It shows how resistance and persecution were shaped by traditional gender roles. Through their actions, some of the women challenged these role models. Selected biographies illustrate the diverse forms of resistance, imprisonment and survival.

Programme for the exhibition opening:

Welcome: 
Sven Kriese, Director of the Berlin State Archives
Andrea Genest, Director of the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum

Welcome address: 
François Delattre, French Ambassador to Germany 
Lili Keller-Rosenberg, guest of honour, survivor of Ravensbrück Concentration Camp  

Introduction to the exhibition: 
Hannah Sprute, curator of the exhibition

The event will be held in German and French. 
 

This will be followed by a small reception and the exhibition will be open to visitors.

Please register by 31 October: infoalandesarchiv.berlinode 

Invitation flyer
 

Further information about the exhibition can be found on the exhibition website.

Venue

Landesarchiv Berlin
Eichborndamm 115–121

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