Volunteer Learning Series with the Education Team: Women of Ravensbrück

Spring of 2026 marks 87 years since the opening of Ravensbrueck Concentration Camp, Nazi Germany’s concentration camp for women. Over the next six years, the camp, which was located 50 miles north of Berlin, imprisoned over 120,000 women and children and 20,000 men. Participants in this training will gain a clear overview of the camp and its history, with a focus on the women in Ravensbrueck: both the women who ran the camp as guards and those who were imprisoned there. Those imprisoned represent the diversity of people targeted by the Nazi regime, including Jews, Roma and Sinti, LGBTQ+, Jehovah’s Witnesses, political prisoners, those categorized as “asocials,” and many others. Testimony and primary source documents will be shared as volunteers learn more about the diversity of Nazi camps and women’s experiences.

This session will be at Am Shalom synagogue at 840 Vernon Ave., Glencoe, IL 60022, and will begin at 10 a.m. and will go through 12 p.m. Kosher refreshments will be provided.