Day: June 2, 2026

2026 Holocaust Studies Tour, Day 8: Ravensbrück

Today we trained it up to Fürstenberg an der Havel to explore the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp. It’s pretty far away from Berlin – but three trains and about three hours got us there. At the camp, students explored a variety of topics including women guards, women prisoners, unique features of female solidarity, children in the camp, the Corrie and Betsy Ten Boom story, the Saint Maria of Paris story, post-war prosecutions, and the juxtaposition of a concentration camp with a beautiful lakeside German city, separated from each other by only a small body of water – and each in view

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