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