As I walked from the station (Fürstenberg/Havel) to the Ravensbrück Memorial, there was still some frost on the ground, so I could not resist some photos, although that did not have much to do with the theme of the day (except I could not help thinking of what probably used to fertilise the grounds ….).
The Memorial and the Camp
Needs no introduction
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Quoting from the memorial website:
“The company Siemens & Halske had 20 workshops constructed outside the camp’s perimeter, where prisoners were forced to work from the late summer of 1942. “
So they probably contributed to the manintenance of the grand, fenced- in, Siemens family graveyard, twice the size of my living room, in Stahnsdorf.
There is also a museum/documentation centre where you can easily spend an hour or two if you want to hear, read and see everything:
The Castle, about two km from the camp, on the outskirts of downtown Fürstenberg/Havel, no doubt with a view to the camp across the lake from the upper floors
Other impressions from Fürstenberg/Havel
