Opening of the European Summer School Ravensbrück 2009

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 to postgraduate and early career researchers to present their projects related to the topics of this years’ Summer School, especially the theme of 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

All elected 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 of the European Summer School is taking place at the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung. A bus shuttle to Ravensbrück is reserved.

The event will take place in German and English with simultaneous translation.

For further information, please see the program located below.

This event is a coopation of the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation, the Memorial Museum Ravensbrück/ Brandenburg Memorials Foundation and the Foundation Topography of Terror.