List of subcamps of Ravensbrück

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The 1959 opening of the Ravensbrück Museum. Wall display showing female prisoners entering Siemens factory under the SS guard.

The following, is the list of subcamps of the Ravensbrück concentration camp complex built and run by Nazi Germany during World War II. By 1944 Ravensbrück consisted of a system of between 31,<ref name="jewishgen"/> and 40,<ref name="ushmm"/> and up to 70 subcamps,<ref name="chgs.umn"/> spread out from Austria to the Baltic Sea, with over 70,000 predominantly female prisoners. It was the only major Nazi camp for women.<ref name="jewishgen">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ushmm">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="chgs.umn">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="jewishvirtuallibrary">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Selected locations and firms

  1. Altdorf Lake, for Heinkel-Flugzeugwerke
  2. Altenburg (over 1,000 prisoners; became a subcamp of Buchenwald in 1944)<ref name="ushmm"/>
  3. Ansbach
  4. Barth (over 1,000 prisoners),<ref name="ushmm"/> for Heinkel-Flugzeugwerke<ref name="Herbert/Orth"/>
  5. Belzig (became a subcamp of Sachsenhausen in 1944), for Kopp and Co.
  6. Berlin (over ten camps)
  7. Born
  8. Dabelow
  9. Dahmshöhe
  10. Dresden Universelle
  11. Eberswalde
  12. Feldberg (Mecklenburg)
  13. Fürstenberg/Havel
  14. Genthin (became a subcamp of Sachsenhausen in 1944)
  15. Grüneberg (at Löwenberger Land; over 1,000 prisoners,<ref name="ushmm"/> up to 1,710) for Metall-Poltekonzern, Munitionsfabrik<ref name="Herbert/Orth"/>
  16. Gut Hartzwalde
  17. Hagenow
  18. Hausham (became a subcamp of Dachau in 1944)
  19. Helmbrechts (became a subcamp of Flossenbürg in 1944)
  20. Hennigsdorf
  21. Hohenlychen
  22. Holýšov (became a subcamp of Flossenbürg)
  23. Kalisz Pomorski
  24. Karlshagen (over 1,000 prisoners) <ref name="ushmm"/>
  25. Klützow
  26. Königsberg in der Neumark (in Chojna) for Flughafen GmbH<ref name="Herbert/Orth"/>
  27. Kraslice (became a subcamp of Flossenbürg in 1944)
  28. Leipzig-Schönefeld (over 1,000 prisoners; became a subcamp of Buchenwald in 1944)<ref name="ushmm"/>
  29. Magdeburg (over 1,000 prisoners; became a subcamp of Buchenwald in 1944)
  30. Malchow (over 1,000 prisoners,<ref name="ushmm"/> up to 4,196)<ref name="Herbert/Orth">Template:Cite book</ref>
  31. Mildenburg
  32. Munich, for Lebensborn e.V.
  33. Neubrandenburg (over 1,000 prisoners,<ref name="ushmm"/> up to 4,343)<ref name="Herbert/Orth"/>
  34. Neustadt-Glewe (over 1,000 prisoners,<ref name="ushmm"/> up to 4,220)<ref name="Herbert/Orth"/>
  35. Nová Role (became a subcamp of Flossenbürg in 1944)
  36. Peenemünde
  37. Prenzlau
  38. Rechlin
  39. Retzow
  40. Rostock, for Heinkel-Flugzeugwerke <ref name="Herbert/Orth"/>
  41. Rostock-Marienehe
  42. Rostock-Schwarzenforst <ref name="Herbert/Orth"/><ref name="collections">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  1. Sassnitz
  2. Schlieben (became a subcamp of Buchenwald in 1944)
  3. Schoenefeld, Krs. Teltow (later became a subcamp of Sachsenhausen)
  4. Security Police School Drögen (was a subcamp of Sachsenhausen until 1942)
  5. Stargard (in Stargard Szczeciński), for Gerätewerk Pommern GmbH<ref name="Herbert/Orth"/><ref name="Sarnes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  1. Steinhöring
  2. Svatava (became a subcamp of Flossenbürg in 1944)
  3. Uckermark
  4. Velten (became a subcamp of Sachsenhausen in 1944)
  5. Wiesbaden
  6. Wolfen (became a subcamp of Buchenwald in 1944)
  7. Zichow

See also

Notes and references

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