Ravensbrück (pronounced [ʁaːvənsˈbʁʏk]) was a women's concentration camp during World War II, located in northern Germany, 90 km (56 mi) north of Berlin at a site near the village of Ravensbrück (part of Fürstenberg/Havel).
Construction of the camp began in November 1938 by the order of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler
and was unusual in that the camp was intended to hold exclusively
female inmates. The facility opened in May 1939 and underwent major
expansion following the invasion of Poland. Between 1939 and 1945, some 130,000[3] to 132,000[1] female prisoners passed through the Ravensbrück camp system;
Female inmates in 1939
