Uckermark Extermination Camp

The Uckermark concentration camp was opened in May 1942 next to the notorious Ravensbrück concentration camp. Uckermark was what the Germans called a Mädchen-Internierungslager (girls' internment camp).

The camp had two functions between 1942 and 1945:
May 1942 to December 1944: Girls' internment camp.
January 1945 to March 1945: Extermination camp.

The girls in this camp were all between the ages of 16 and 21. Girls who exceeded the age limit were transferred to KZ Ravensbrück. In January 1945, there was a change in the camp structure. The girls' internment camp was closed and Uckermark was given a new function: extermination camp. Between January and March 1945, an estimated 5,000 women and children were killed here. On the night of 29 April, the camp was liberated by the Red Army. Only 500 people survived Uckermark.

Today, only a few monuments and information boards remain to remind us of this history. The monument in photos 1 and 2 is located between the Ravensbrück Memorial and the Uckermarck camp. The information boards can be found further on the former camp grounds.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Eric van der Ploeg
• HELM, SARAH, Ravensbruck, Ambo Anthos, 2015.