Ravensbrück Memorial and Museum

The Ravensbrück National Memorial is a sobering and essential stop — this was Nazi Germany's largest concentration camp specifically built for women, making it unlike any other site in the country. Opened in 1959 as one of the GDR's three national memorials, it features the striking bronze sculpture 'Tragende' (Burdened Woman) and documents the stories of the tens of thousands imprisoned here. It's heavy, but deeply important — the kind of place that genuinely shifts your perspective.