Opening of the European Summer School Ravensbrück

From August 30th to September 4th, 2009 the fifth European Summer School is taking place at the Memorial Museum Ravensbrück.  Seventy years after the attack on Poland and the beginning of World War II, the European Summer School will focus on the German occupation of Europe. A comparative look at Poland, France and Italy will examine the differences and similarities of German occupation policies and the daily life under occupation during the Second World War.

The European Summer School gives the opportunity for postgraduate and early career researchers to present their projects related to the topics of this years’ Summer School, especially the theme of the former women’s concentration camp in Ravensbrück, its satellite camps, the former “’Juvenile Protectife Custody Camp’ Uckermark” or the Siemens camp.  In addition, projects which analyse the question of commemoration and commemoration politics are also welcome.  If you would like to present your project, please use the following link and send us a short exposé and curriculum vitae by June 30, 2009.  http://www.ravensbrueck.de/mgr/neu/index.htm

The selected researchers will have the possibility to present their project in the form of a poster or in a colloquium. The presentations may be in English or German.


The opening will take place at the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation in Berlin.  A bus shuttle is reserved to take participants to Ravensbrück after the event.

This event will be held in German and English, with simultaneous translation.