Timeline of Ravensbruck Persecution
November 25, 1938
500 concentration camp prisoners are transported to Ravensbruck town, and they begin construction of the concentration camp. June 29, 1939
440 Gypsy women arrive at Ravensbruck with their children. They are held here as prisoners and are treated similarly to the Jews. June 6, 1941
300 male prisoners are transferred to Ravensbruck. They are moved to a seperate camp for men and they were used to construct factories in the area. March 23, 1942
Over 1,000 women are transported from Ravensbruck to Auschwitz-Birkenau, a death camp. June 22, 1944
The first recorded gassing is performed at Ravensbruck. April 27, 1945
The SS carry out the final evacuation of the Ravensbruck concentration camp. 15,000 prisoners are sent on a death march. Information found at: "Ravensbrück Concentration Camp: Timeline of Persecution." Jewish Virtual Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2013.
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May 15, 1939
900 women prisoners are transported from Lichtenburg to the newly built Ravensbruck concentration camp. Before this, Lichtenburg served as the main women's camp in Germany. September 23, 1939
Polish prisoners arrive immediately after the German invasion of Poland. November 20, 1941
Friedrich Mennecke, a doctor apart of the Euthanasia Program, begins to select women the women who are to be extermiated. July 20, 1942
Dr. Karl Gebhardt begins sulfanilamide experiments on 80 Ravensbruck prisoners. This was to detirmine the effectiveness of this chemical in preventing disease in battlefield wounds. He wounded the prisoners, and then treated the wounds with the chemical. April 23, 1945
The SS forcibly turn over 7,000 Ravensbruck prisoners to the Swedish Red Cross, who rescue the women and care for them. April 30, 1945
Soviet intervenes and liberates the camp. 3,000 dying prisoners are found in the camp. It is recorded that between 1939 and 1945, more than 120,000 were brought to the Ravensbruck concentration camp. |