Events

The question of whether perpetration should be dealt with in a concentration camp memorial site has been the subject of debate since its establishment. After all, the historical sites today symbolise the suffering and self-assertion of the prisoners. Dealing with the perpetrators is fundamental to the question of how the concentration camps came about, why people worked in them with conviction and what their motivation was. The residential buildings for the female guards in the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp alone, which were designed especially for them and which all visitors see first, symbolise the close connection between ideology and incentive.

For this reason, the Ravensbrück Memorial opened the first exhibition on perpetrators at a concentration camp memorial back in 2004, which was updated in 2020.

The Summer University takes up the topic in order to discuss recent research. The aim is to examine perpetration in the concentration camp - here from a gender-historical perspective - as well as the conditions of collaboration and co-operation in the occupied territories. The questions of exhibition practices and media presence will also be explored, as well as the question of continuities and joint strategising for the future.

The European Summer University Ravensbrück is aimed at an interdisciplinary group of participants made up of students, academics, multipliers of historical-political education and interested parties. It is intergenerational, interdisciplinary and addresses issues of gender studies. The varied programme includes lectures, guided tours and workshops, as well as film screenings and artistic evening events.

Venue

Ravensbrück Memorial Museum

Straße der Nationen
16798 Fürstenberg/Havel