Ravensdruck: Hildegard Hansche’s Life in Art Prints

Ravensdruck: Hildegard Hansche’s Life in Art Prints

Ravensdruck: Prints on Hildegard Hansche

From November 10 to 14, 2024, the Ravensdruck art project took place for the 11th time at the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum. Over the course of five days, students from the Ernst Litfaß School in Berlin (OSZ for Media Design and Media Technology) engaged with the life story of Ravensbrück survivor Dr. Hildegard Hansche and expressed their reflections artistically.

Under the guidance of teacher Ingo Grollmus, the students set up a temporary print workshop at the memorial. Throughout the workshop, they were responsible for all stages of the process—from conceptualization and design to creating printing plates, printing, and presenting their works. The resulting prints will be exhibited in the main foyer of the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum until the end of April. The exhibition invites visitors to explore Hildegard Hansche’s life story and discover the students’ artistic interpretations.

Hildegard Hansche was a humanist who remained committed to humanity and justice even under the extreme conditions of National Socialism. In 1942, she was arrested by the Nazis under so-called "protective custody" and deported to the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp. After being liberated by the Red Army in 1945, she continued her lifelong dedication to these values.

With the compensation payments she was entitled to but never claimed, and by leading an extremely modest life, she laid the foundation for the Dr. Hildegard Hansche Foundation, which was established in 1994—two years after her death. The foundation aims to educate young people about the inhumane crimes of National Socialism and to empower them to stand against right-wing ideologies.

The Ravensdruck project is supported by the Dr. Hildegard Hansche Foundation.