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Guided Small Group Tour to Ravensbrück Concentration Camp
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8 Hours
Mobile ticket
Pickup offered
Offered in: English
Overview
This unique tour offers an in-depth exploration of Ravensbrück, the largest women's concentration camp during the war. As participants walk the remnants of this sombre site, they will encounter poignant tales of survival and courage.
Highlights of the tour encompass an exploration of "History and Memory," a visit to the "In the SS-Auxiliary" exhibition, the cell building where prisoners were confined, and an exhibition detailing the harrowing conditions of slave labor.
Through these experiences, participants will gain insights into the historical context of the camp, learn about the diverse profiles of its prisoners, and confront the brutal realities of atrocities and extermination practices that took place.
Choosing this tour offers the advantage of expertise in World War II history, ensuring an educational and impactful experience. The small group format enhances personal engagement and learning, making it not just a tour but an experience you connect with.
What's Included
Meeting And Pickup
Start time
09:15 AM
Pickup points
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Pickup details
Please wait for your guide in the hotel lobby. Your guide will be holding a sign "Ravensbrück Concentration Camp Tour"
What To Expect
Pick up from the Park Inn Hotel at Alexanderplatz. After a quick round of introductions, we will drive 90 minutes to the camp.
1 Hours 30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The housing estate for SS members of the Ravensbrück concentration camp, which was never completed, is still mostly intact as an ensemble to this day. Higher-level SS members lived in the houses with their families. It is unclear who these SS soldiers were and what their lives were like on this housing estate. According to reports, private businesses from the Fürstenberg area built the majority of the dwellings in the SS colony.
30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The old camp prison housed the first museum, which opened in 1959-1960. Survivors from several nations in Europe sent souvenirs, drawings, and documents from their time in jail. In the early 1980s, the National Memorial's management devised an idea for the "Exhibition of Nations" at the cell building, allowing organizations or representatives from each country to create their own shows. The first floor of the structure was meant to house 17 such national memorial rooms. The former SS headquarters, which had been used by Soviet troops until 1977, held the Memorial's primary permanent exhibition and was dubbed the "Museum of Anti-Fascist Resistance" beginning in 1984.
20 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The monument Zwei Stehende (Two Women Standing) is located in front of the camp wall near the former cremation on the grounds of the Ravensbrück concentration camp in Fürstenberg, Germany. The SS created Ravensbrück concentration camp in 1939, and it was Germany's largest concentration camp for women during WWII.
10 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
From 1939 to 1945, Ravensbrück was a German concentration camp for women in northern Germany, 90 km (56 mi) north of Berlin, in the village of Ravensbrück within Fürstenberg/Havel. The camp memorial estimates that 132,000 women were in the camp during the war, including 48,500 from Poland, 28,000 from the Soviet Union, almost 24,000 from Germany and Austria, nearly 8,000 from France, and thousands from other countries, including the UK and US. Over 20,000 (15%) were Jewish. Other races and cultures made up 85%. Over 80% were political prisoners. The SS erected a tiny neighboring camp for male detainees in early 1941, who built and managed the gas chambers in 1944. About 50,000 female prisoners in Ravensbrück died, including 2,200 in the gas chambers.
4 Hours • Admission Ticket Free
Drop off back at the start point, Park Inn Hotel at Alexanderplatz.
1 Hours 30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Operated by On the Front Tours
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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