Ravensbrück was a women's concentration camp during
the Second World Warm was opened in May 1939. was
located in northern Germany, ninety kilometers north
of Berlin at a site near the village of Ravensbrück.
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Survivors in Woebbelin
speaking with their American liberators,
May 4-5, 1945.
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Ravensbrück
was located in
northern Germany, ninety kilometers north of Berlin
at a site near the village of Ravensbrück.
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Troops of the American 82nd Airborne Division view
bodies of inmates at Wöbbelin, a subcamp of the
Neuengamme concentration camp. Germany,
May 6, 1945. From NARA II.
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View of the Neuengamme concentration camp.
Neuengamme, Germany, 1945.
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Former prisoners of Wöbbelin, a subcamp of
Neuengamme, are taken to a hospital for medical
attention. Germany, May 4, 1945. |
In the spring of
1941, the SS authorities established a small men's
camp adjacent
to the main camp.
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Prisoners at forced labor in
the Neuengamme concentration camp, 1941-2.
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Starting in the summer of 1942, medical experiments
were conducted without consent on eighty-six women. The first type tested
the efficacy of sulfonamide drugs. The second type
studied bone, muscle and nerve regeneration. |