{"id":430,"date":"2025-04-28T14:26:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T12:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/widerstand-von-frauen-ravensbrueck.de\/?page_id=430"},"modified":"2025-05-02T16:07:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:07:23","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/widerstand-von-frauen-ravensbrueck.de\/en\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"430\" class=\"elementor elementor-430 elementor-429\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-808c4a7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"808c4a7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56e7fe2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"56e7fe2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af6d34f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af6d34f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d32cb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d32cb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cConcentration camps mean suffering, death, but also solidarity, resistance.\u201d\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8efd4e9 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8efd4e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ilse Hunger, 1987<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15773e3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"15773e3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-692477b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"692477b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In order to defend oneself against the brutal injustices of the SS and survive imprisonment, self-empowerment, courage, stub-bornness and resistance were needed. At the same time, any resistance could endanger the prisoners. If they were discovered, they faced severe punishment or even death. Nevertheless, some women were not deterred by these risks: they sabotaged work in the armaments industry, refused to take orders from the SS and smuggled documents out of the camp in an attempt to preserve proof of the crimes committed by the SS.   <\/p><p>The ways in which women were able to put up resistance depended on the time of imprisonment and the prisoner\u2018s rank in the camp hierarchy. Those stigmatised by the SS as criminals or antisocials were less likely to experience solidarity from their fellow prisoners. As opposed to this, an influential function in the camp could be applied to benefit fellow prisoners. However, social differences and national prejudices between the various groups often prevented solidarity.   <\/p><p>This exhibition on the former concentration camp site presents the biographies of twenty women at the places where they put up resistance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeeec51 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eeeec51\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89fb43a elementor-widget elementor-widget-rvnsbrck_image\" data-id=\"89fb43a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"rvnsbrck_image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"rvnsbrck-image wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"rvnsbrck-image__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/widerstand-von-frauen-ravensbrueck.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ravensbrueck-barackenlager.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTE0LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvd2lkZXJzdGFuZC12b24tZnJhdWVuLXJhdmVuc2JydWVjay5kZVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDRcL3JhdmVuc2JydWVjay1iYXJhY2tlbmxhZ2VyLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2010\" height=\"1419\" src=\"https:\/\/widerstand-von-frauen-ravensbrueck.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ravensbrueck-barackenlager.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-114\" alt=\"Ansicht vom Barackenlager mit Barackenreihe 1 und 2 des Frauen-Konzentrations\u00adlagers Ravensbr\u00fcck und der dazwischen liegenden Lagerstra\u00dfe 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/widerstand-von-frauen-ravensbrueck.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ravensbrueck-barackenlager.jpg 2010w, https:\/\/widerstand-von-frauen-ravensbrueck.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ravensbrueck-barackenlager-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/widerstand-von-frauen-ravensbrueck.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ravensbrueck-barackenlager-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/widerstand-von-frauen-ravensbrueck.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ravensbrueck-barackenlager-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/widerstand-von-frauen-ravensbrueck.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ravensbrueck-barackenlager-1536x1084.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2010px) 100vw, 2010px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rvnsbrck-image__info\" aria-label=\"Mehr Informationen anzeigen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/widerstand-von-frauen-ravensbrueck.de\/wp-content\/themes\/ravensbrueck-theme\/assets\/info-btn.svg\" alt=\"\" role=\"presentation\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rvnsbrck_image__caption\"><p>View of the camp grounds with barrack rows 1 and 2 of the Ravensbr\u00fcck women's concen-tration camp and camp road 1 (\u201cLagerstra\u00dfe 1\u201d) in between. The photo was taken from the clock tower of the SS headquarters (\u201cKomman-dantur\u201d). The roof of the garage building can be seen in the foreground, with the chimneys of the prisoners' kitchen behind it. <\/p><p>The H-shaped interconnected barracks at the front left are the prisoners' infirmary built in 1939. It was called the \u201csickbay\u201d (\u201cKranken-revier\u201d or \u201cRevier\u201d) in reference to sickbays in military barracks. Between 1943 and 1945, more and more barracks were taken over for the infirmary. Eventually, one fifth of all accommodation barracks were assigned to the infirmary by the SS.   <\/p><p>The photo was taken around 1940 and is part of the so-called SS album.<\/p><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rvnsbrck_image__source\">Mahn- und Gedenkst\u00e4tte Ravensbr\u00fcck\/SBG; Photographer unknown<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cConcentration camps mean suffering, death, but also solidarity, resistance.\u201d Ilse Hunger, 1987 In order to defend oneself against the brutal injustices of the SS and survive imprisonment, self-empowerment, courage, stub-bornness and resistance were needed. At the same time, any resistance could endanger the prisoners. If they were discovered, they faced severe punishment or even death. 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