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Photo folder from Ravensbrück camp – rare photographs of women in forced labor - KZ Ravensbrück – A folder containing seven photographs from the Ravensbrück women’s camp – photographs taken in 1939–1940 in the camp and distributed after the war by the Sachsenhausen National Memorial and Education Site. Berlin. Photographs include: camp women working in the reed mat weaving factory; prisoners in the sewing workshop; prisoners in the straw shoe weaving workshop; women performing forced labor in the camp yard; the prison cells of the camp; prisoners carrying out heavy earthworks; and the crematorium. On the cover of the folder: photographs of the camp barracks, the commandant’s office, and the roll-call square. Ravensbrück women’s camp, established in 1939 in northern Germany, was a major concentration camp for women under Nazi rule. Over 130,000 women and girls from many countries were imprisoned there, alongside a small number of men and children. The inmates endured severe starvation, backbreaking forced labor, torture, and physical and sexual abuse. Brutal medical experiments were conducted in the camp, including infection experiments, bone transplants, and drug testing. Many were murdered by shooting, beatings, starvation, or were gassed in “killing barracks” erected toward the end of the war. The death rate was staggering, and the camp remains one of the most harrowing symbols of Nazi cruelty, particularly toward women. Folder and photographs: 11x8 cm. Very good condition.