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Ravensbrück Memorial on Museumplein
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From Shannon McAllister, About.com

Ravensbrück Memorial

Ravensbrück Memorial

© 2007 Shannon McAllister, licensed to About.com
Ravensbrück Memorial
  • Location: Museumplein

  • Features:
    • Dedicated in 1975 as a memorial to the women held prisoner in the Ravensbrück Nazi concentration camp during World War II.

    • The stainless-steel panels surround a column from which ominous sounds and startling flashes of light are emitted, which creates an eerie scene at night.

    • The monument is typically covered with wreaths and flowers on Remembrance Day (May 4), on which a memorial procession starts here and moves through the city to the Dutch National Monument.

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