Ravensbruck was a concentration camp that held exclusively women and children. Of the 130,000 inmates, approximately 55,000 perished. The inmates came from all over Europe, although with a majority of Jewish and Polish people.
The camp was on a similar scale to Stutthof, but bizarrely was juxtaposed in a most beautiful setting beside a lake. Like Stutthof, many acts of random and graphic violence were perpetrated against the prisoners, similar to the scene in Schindler's List, where Steven Spielberg represented this by the random assassination of Jewish people.
The Germans have erected moving memorials and converted part of the remaining buildings to a commercial use. Despite this conversion, the camp feels like a place of deep reflection.
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| The gates of Hell |
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| Memorial |
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| Where the camp huts formerly stood. |
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| Where the prisoners worked. |
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| Another memorial to honour the victims. |
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| Crematorium. |
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