Ravensbrück concentration camp
Nazi women's concentration camp in Brandenburg, Germany (1938-1945) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ravensbrück concentration camp (pronounced "RAW-vins-brook"[4]) was a concentration camp for women, run by Nazi Germany during World War II. It was in northern Germany, near the town of Ravensbrück.
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Ravensbrück concentration camp for women | |
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Operation | |
Period | May 1939 – April 1945 |
Location | Fürstenberg/Havel, Nazi Germany |
Run by | Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS) |
Prisoners | |
Total | 132,000 – 153,000 [1][2] |
Deaths | 52,200[3] – 117,000[1] according to different sources |
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The Schutzstaffel (SS), led by Heinrich Himmler, ran Ravensbrück concentration camp.
In November 1938, Himmler gave the order to start building the camp at Ravensbrück. By 1939, Ravensbrück was the biggest women's concentration camp in Nazi Germany.[5]
Over time, the Nazis made Ravensbrück much bigger. By 1944, Ravensbrück had become a complex (a group of many concentration camps).[3]
Between 1939 and 1945, about 153,000 people were prisoners at Ravensbrück.[2]