Memorial Ravensbrück

he monument Ravensbrück from 1955 by sculptor E. Morlaix forces you to contemplate. It is of modest size and presents two hands, disproportionately large, which, as it were, spring out of a heap of stones. According to testimonies, they symbolize the solidarity of women who resist and fight against dehumanization. Ravensbrück, located about eighty-five kilometers north of Berlin, was the only women's concentration camp in the Third Reich and was founded in 1938 by the SS. More than 90,000 of a total of 132,000 prisoners of 29 different nationalities, including 8,000 French, were killed here. On April 30, 1945, the camp was liberated by the Soviet army.

Inscription at the bottom right:
"Ici reposent des cendres de femmes déportées martyres de la barbarie nazie 1939 – 1945"

Translated here it says: "Here lie the ashes of deported female martyrs of the Nazi barbarism 1939 – 1945"

At the foot of the statue the following text is written on a separate plaque:
"Le 2nd avril 1951. Les déportées de Ravensbrück ont déposé ici des cendres de leurs camarades assassinées dans ce camp. Souvenez-vous d'elles"
Translated here it says: "April 2, 1951. The deportees of Ravensbrück deposited here the ashes of their comrades who were murdered in this camp. Remember them"

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