Stiftung Brandenburgische Gedenkstätten

Events

May

Public Guided Tour for International Museum Day 2025

Ravensbrück Memorial Museum

[Translate to English:] Internationaler Museumstag 2025 – Museen mit Freude entdecken

18. May 2025 – all day

On May 18, 2025, International Museum Day will take place. On this day, museums and memorial sites worldwide open their doors to highlight their significance as places of education, remembrance, and research. The Ravensbrück Memorial Museum is taking part with a public guided tour. Please note that the public guided tour will be held in German only. more

June

Commemorative event on International Children's Day

Ravensbrück Memorial Museum

© photothek /Kira Hofmann

01. June 2025 – 11:00 - 12:00 Uhr

The association ‘Die Flamme der Hoffnung-The Flame Of Hope e.V.’ commemorates the children, their mothers and fathers who died in the Ravensbrück concentration camp on the occasion of International Children's Day. A wreath-laying ceremony will then take place at the new memorial site. more

Theater Project: "Some Things I Know, but I Don’t Remember"

Ravensbrück Memorial Museum

[Translate to English:] Theaterprojekt „Manche Sachen weiß ich, aber ich erinnere mich nicht“ – Eine Auseinandersetzung mit Erinnerung und Traumata

12. June - 04. July 2025 – 18:00 - 19:30 Uhr

How do we remember the unspeakable? How do we tell stories that must be passed on? The Theater Youth Club Ensemble Angestrahlt brings a powerful production to the stage with Some Things I Know, but I Don’t Remember. Inspired by the life of Emmie Arbel, who survived Ravensbrück concentration camp as a child, this performance explores how memories remain alive. A thought-provoking engagement with the past and the present. Premiere on June 12, 2025, at Theater Strahl and on July 13 at the Ravensbrück Memorial. Please note: All performances will be held in German. more

Launch of the Online Exhibition “A Few Barracks Further”

Ravensbrück Memorial Museum

21. June 2025

The new online exhibition "A Few Barracks Further" sheds light on the lesser-known history of the men imprisoned within the Ravensbrück concentration camp complex. Through 30 personal biographies, it traces stories of forced labor, survival, resistance, and liberation. Please note: The event will take place in German. The online exhibition will be available in both German and English. more

August

17th Ravensbrück European Summer School

Ravensbrück Memorial Museum

25. August - 29. August 2025

The 17th European Summer University will be held under the title "Perpetrators: Images and Places. A challenge for research and mediation" from 25-29 August 2025. more

September

Lecture and discussion as part of the exhibition programme on textile production in Ravensbrück concentration camp

Ravensbrück Memorial Museum

Finger hut from the collection of the Ravensbrück Memorial, © Dominique Hurth.

21. September 2025 – 15:00 - 17:00 Uhr

The series of events is the supporting programme that accompanies Dominique Hurth's artistic interventions at the Ravensbrück Memorial. Each meeting deals with a research question or objects that the artist has encountered in her many years of research, both in archives and in dialogue with experts. more

Short lectures and discussion as part of the exhibition programme on textile production in Ravensbrück concentration camp

Ravensbrück Memorial Museum

Finger hut from the collection of the Ravensbrück Memorial, © Dominique Hurth.

28. September 2025 – 15:00 - 17:00 Uhr

The series of events is the supporting programme that accompanies Dominique Hurth's artistic interventions at the Ravensbrück Memorial. Each meeting deals with a research question or objects that the artist has encountered in her many years of research, both in archives and in dialogue with experts. more

October

Artist talk as part of the exhibition programme on textile production in Ravensbrück concentration camp

Ravensbrück Memorial Museum

Finger hut from the collection of the Ravensbrück Memorial, © Dominique Hurth.

25. October 2025 – 15:00 - 17:00 Uhr

The series of events is the supporting programme that accompanies Dominique Hurth's artistic interventions at the Ravensbrück Memorial. Each meeting deals with a research question or objects that the artist has encountered in her many years of research, both in archives and in dialogue with experts. more

November

Panel discussion as part of the exhibition programme on textile production in Ravensbrück concentration camp

Ravensbrück Memorial Museum

Finger hut from the collection of the Ravensbrück Memorial, © Dominique Hurth.

13. November 2025 – 19:00 - 20:30 Uhr

The series of events is the supporting programme that accompanies Dominique Hurth's artistic interventions at the Ravensbrück Memorial. Each meeting deals with a research question or objects that the artist has encountered in her many years of research, both in archives and in dialogue with experts. more

December

Panel discussion as part of the exhibition programme on textile production in Ravensbrück concentration camp

Ravensbrück Memorial Museum

Finger hut from the collection of the Ravensbrück Memorial, © Dominique Hurth.

04. December 2025 – 19:00 - 20:30 Uhr

The series of events is the supporting programme that accompanies Dominique Hurth's artistic interventions at the Ravensbrück Memorial. Each meeting deals with a research question or objects that the artist has encountered in her many years of research, both in archives and in dialogue with experts. more