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Ravensbrück concentration camp
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Operational period: 1938–ongoing/unknown.
Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1938
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1938
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Vlasta Lišková1922
- Josef Konas1893–1942
- Kirsten Brunvoll1895–1976 · writer
Kirsten Brunvoll, née Sørsdal (24 December 1895 â 5 April 1976), was a Norwegian playwright, resistance member, Nacht und Nebel prisoner, World War II memoirist and politician for the Labour Party.
- Božena Vaňková1910
Eva Busch1912–2001 · singerEva Busch (born Eva Zimmermann: 22 May 1912 â 20 July 2001) was a German-born singer and cabaret artist. .
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Stéphane Hessel1917–2013 · diplomatStéphane Frédéric Hessel (born Stefan Friedrich Kaspar Hessel; 20 October 1917 â 26 February 2013) was a French diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor, Resistance member and BCRA agent.
- Alfonsina Bueno1915–1979 · political activist
Alfonsina Bueno Vela (1915â1979) was a Spanish activist who joined the French Resistance in 1941 and became part of the Ponzán group.
- Antonina Nikiforova1907–2001 · pathologist
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Data completeness
28%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- EHRI Authority Record
- Wikidata entity
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- EHRI Authority List of Camps and Ghettos / USHMM Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos — European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) / United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)
- Wikidata (Q159483)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Ravensbrück concentration camp. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/ravensbruck-concentration-camp
Chicago
"Ravensbrück concentration camp." World Prisons. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/ravensbruck-concentration-camp.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-ravensbruck-concentration-c,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Ravensbrück concentration camp},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/ravensbruck-concentration-camp},
urldate = {2026-07-22}
}