Events

Central Commemoration Ceremony of the 79th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Ravensbrück Women's Concentration Camp

April 14, 2024 – 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

The Ravensbrück Memorial and the International Ravensbrück Committee warmly invite to the central commemorative ceremony on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp.

Programme

Official Welcome

• Andrea Genest, Director of the Ravensbrück Memorial
• Ambra Laurenzi, President of the International Ravensbrück Committee

Message of greeting

• Dietmar Woidke, Minister President of Brandenburg

Speeches

• Barbara Piotrowska, Survivor of the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp
• Dr. Richard Fagot, Survivor of the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp
• Lena Gorelik, Journalist and Author

Musical Accompaniment

• Céline Bocquillon (vocals), Renaud Cayla (guitar) 

Religious Remembrance

• Ravensbrück Prayer, Hanna Nowakowska (Klub Byłych Więźniarek KL Ravensbrück)
• Kaddish, Cantor Gabriel Loewenheim

Laying flowers at the "Wall of Nations" by the Lagergemeinschaft/Freundeskreis e.V.
Laying wreaths at the memorial statue "Die Tragende"

Following the commemorative ceremony, further events will take place. The complete programme of the anniversary, which extends from April 11 to April 14, 2024, can be found here.

The event is public, and registration is not required. However, please note the following:

Participants are asked to refrain from displaying banners, flags, and clothing with political statements during the central commemoration ceremony. Exempt are flags and banners of former detainees associations.The Ravensbrück Memorial Museum will exercise its property rights and deny access to the memorial or exclude from participation individuals, parties, or organizations that have been or are noticeable for anti-democratic, racist, anti-Semitic, or other expressions or symbols that contradict the foundation's purpose.

By participating in the event, you agree that images and film recordings of you may be taken and published.

Important Information: The RE5 trains (Rostock Hbf/Neustrelitz Hbf - Berlin Südkreuz) are cancelled between Oranienburg and Berlin Südkreuz in both directions. A replacement bus service has been organised between Oranienburg and Berlin Gesundbrunnen.

For the route Berlin --> Oranienburg we recommend the connection with the S1 to Frohnau. From there, a bus from the rail replacement service will run. From Oranienburg, the RE5 to Fürstenberg runs again.

Current information on route closures can be found here.

Venue

Square in front of the former administrational building

Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Ravensbrück

Straße der Nationen

16798 Fürstenberg / Havel