Events

Programme

The International Ravensbrück Committee and the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum cordially invite you to commemorate the people imprisoned in Ravensbrück and to reflect on the significance of the crimes committed there for both the present and the future.

Registration:
Please register for the event by 27 April 2025 using the following form: Registration Form
Further information on registration, directions, admission, security, and the schedule can be found here.

Welcome
Dr Andrea Genest, Director of the Ravensbrück Memorial MuseumMuseum
Ambra Laurenzi, President of the International Ravensbrück Committee

Reading of memories and testimonies of former prisoners
Ninel Geiger and Aida Folch

Greetings
Claudia Roth, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Tobias Dünow, State Secretary for Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg

Minister Dr Manja Schüle had to regretfully cancel for personal reasons. 

Reading of memories and testimonies of former prisoners
Jasmin Tabatabai

Speech
Ingelore Prochnow, Survivor of the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp

Reading of memories and testimonies of former prisoners
Maren Kroymann 

Religious Commemoration
Ravensbrück Prayer recited by Hanna Nowakowska (Klub Byłych Więźniarek KL Ravensbrück)
Kaddish, recited by Cantor Gabriel Loewenheim

Music played by the Mecklenburg-West Pomeranian Youth Orchestra. Wreaths and flowers to be laid at the Wall of Nations and the memorial statue “Burdened Women”.

Please take your seats not later than 15 minutes before the start of the event. 

The full anniversary program and further information can be found here.

Further information on registration, directions, admission, security, and the schedule can be found here.

The event will be broadcast on RBB television and via live stream. By attending the event, you consent to the creation and publication of photo and video recordings of your person.

We kindly ask attendees to refrain from bringing banners, flags, and clothing with political statements to the central commemoration ceremony. Exceptions apply to traditional flags and banners of survivor organizations. The Ravensbrück Memorial Site reserves the right to enforce its house rules. Individuals, parties, or organizations that have expressed or display anti-democratic, racist, antisemitic, or other statements or symbols contrary to the foundation's purpose may be excluded from the event or denied access to the memorial site.

The event will be simultaneously translated into German, English, French and Polish.

Contact

Event Organization
Julia Gerberich | Events
Johanna Müller | Project Assistance
Petra Fank | Office of the Directorate
jahrestag(at)ravensbrueck.de

Press and Public Relations
Dr. Horst Seferens | Press and Public Relations Officer
Tel. +49 (0)3301-810920
seferens(at)stiftung-bg.de

Venue

Venue:
Former Camp Grounds
Ravensbrück Memorial Site
Straße der Nationen
16798 Fürstenberg/Havel