Stiftung Brandenburgische Gedenkstätten Mahn‑ und Gedenkstätte Ravensbrück

Research on Persons and Ancestors

Are you a relative of a former prisoner or would you like to find out more about the fate of a person? Are you researching SS personnel or a former female guard? Then you are welcome to send us a research inquiry, which we will answer as soon as possible.

As the Memorial Museum receives a large number of inquiries about the fate of former prisoners of the Ravensbrück camp complex, we ask for your understanding that the research may take some time. We suggest that you start your research with the online database of the Arolsen Archives or submit an inquiry there.

Please use the following forms to submit a research request to the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum archives:

Inquiry about a prisoner of the Ravensbrück camp complex (women's concentration camp, men's concentration camp, ‘Uckermark youth protection camp’)

Inquiry about a former guard or a member of the SS

Please fill in the form as comprehensively as possible and provide us with any information at hand about the person you are looking for. Fragmentary details of places or events can also be helpful. Please also let us know if there may be differing spellings of names.