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,[1] and 40,[2] and up to 70 subcamps,[3] spread out from Austria to the Baltic Sea, with over 70,000 predominantly female prisoners. It was the only major Nazi camp for women.[1][2][3][4]
Selected locations and firms
- Altdorf Lake, for Heinkel-Flugzeugwerke
- Altenburg (over 1,000 prisoners; became a subcamp of Buchenwald in 1944)[2]
- Ansbach
- Barth (over 1,000 prisoners),[2] for Heinkel-Flugzeugwerke[5]
- Belzig (became a subcamp of Sachsenhausen in 1944), for Kopp and Co.
- Berlin (over ten camps)
- Born
- Dabelow
- Dahmshöhe
- Dresden Universelle
- Eberswalde
- Feldberg (Mecklenburg)
- Fürstenberg/Havel
- Genthin (became a subcamp of Sachsenhausen in 1944)
- Grüneberg (at Löwenberger Land; over 1,000 prisoners,[2] up to 1,710) for Metall-Poltekonzern, Munitionsfabrik[5]
- Gut Hartzwalde
- Hagenow
- Hausham (became a subcamp of Dachau in 1944)
- Helmbrechts (became a subcamp of Flossenbürg in 1944)
- Hennigsdorf
- Hohenlychen
- Holýšov (became a subcamp of Flossenbürg)
- Kalisz Pomorski
- Karlshagen (over 1,000 prisoners) [2]
- Klützow
- Königsberg in der Neumark (in Chojna) for Flughafen GmbH[5]
- Kraslice (became a subcamp of Flossenbürg in 1944)
- Leipzig-Schönefeld (over 1,000 prisoners; became a subcamp of Buchenwald in 1944)[2]
- Magdeburg (over 1,000 prisoners; became a subcamp of Buchenwald in 1944)
- Malchow (over 1,000 prisoners,[2] up to 4,196)[5]
- Mildenburg
- Munich, for Lebensborn e.V.
- Neubrandenburg (over 1,000 prisoners,[2] up to 4,343)[5]
- Neustadt-Glewe (over 1,000 prisoners,[2] up to 4,220)[5]
- Nová Role (became a subcamp of Flossenbürg in 1944)
- Peenemünde
- Prenzlau
- Rechlin
- Retzow
- Rostock, for Heinkel-Flugzeugwerke [5]
- Rostock-Marienehe
- Rostock-Schwarzenforst [5][6]
- Sassnitz
- Schlieben (became a subcamp of Buchenwald in 1944)
- Schoenefeld, Krs. Teltow (later became a subcamp of Sachsenhausen)
- Security Police School Drögen (was a subcamp of Sachsenhausen until 1942)
- Stargard (in Stargard Szczeciński), for Gerätewerk Pommern GmbH[5][7]
- Steinhöring
- Svatava (became a subcamp of Flossenbürg in 1944)
- Uckermark
- Velten (became a subcamp of Sachsenhausen in 1944)
- Wiesbaden
- Wolfen (became a subcamp of Buchenwald in 1944)
- Zichow
See also
Notes and references
- ^ a b JewishGen (2015). "Ravensbrück (Germany)". Forgotten Camps. JewishGen. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Holocaust Encyclopedia (June 20, 2014). "RAVENSBRÜCK SUBCAMPS". Ravensbrück concentration camp. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ a b Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies (2009). "Ravensbrück Satellite Camps". Memories From My Home. University of Minnesota. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ Chuck Ferree (2015). "Ravensbruck". Concentration Camps: Full Listing of Camps. Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Ulrich Herbert; Karin Orth; Christoph Dieckmann (1998). Die nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslager. Wallstein Verlag. pp. 233–234. ISBN 3892442894. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ USHMM Collections (2015). "Testimony of Malkah Ṿaynreb". USC Shoah Foundation Institute. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ Holger Sarnes; Bettina Sarnes (June 2, 2009). "Stargard Szczeciński / Stargard i. Pommern". Außenlager des Konzentrationslagers Ravensbrück. Germany - A Memorial. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
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