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The
first mass executions of Polish women [in the Ravensbrück Concentration
Camp] took place in April 1942. About 200 Polish women, brought to the
camp with death sentences, were shot in 1941/42. The last execution of
5 Polish women took place on January 5th, 1945. All the women condemned
to death behaved with imposing dignity. Even the Germans were impressed
by the behavior of the Polish women led to execution(Kiedrzynska, 1965,
p.456) .
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On
the left is shown the plate placed in the Polish section of the Ravensbrück
Memorial Museum.
The original text
on the plate in Polish and German language may be translated as follows:
"Ravensbrück 1939-1945.
To commemorate Polish victims. In the camp, 40,000 Polish women, girls
and children were imprisoned; 200 were executed; 74 were subjected to
the medical experiments, several thousands died of starvation or had
been gassed. 8,000 were liberated. If the echo of their voices becomes
faint, we will perish".
On 23rd June,
1996, the plate was consecrated by Pope John Paul II.
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The
place of the executions
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Below
several photographs with names of executeted Polish political prisoners
and dates of the executions. |
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Eugenia Adamiak 18.IV.1942
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Maria Apcio 18.IV.1942
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Janina Borkowska 25.IX.1942
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Bronisława Cabanówna 03.X.1942
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Janina Cabanówna 03.X.1942
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Grażyna Chrostowska 18.IV.1942
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Henryka Dembowska 25.IX.1942
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Małgorzata Dembowska 25.IX.1942
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Hanna Derecka 28.V.1942
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Janina Flak 13.IV.1942
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Wiktoria Izabela Fryben 13.IV.1942
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Danuta Hołownia 15.III.1943
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Maria Jaszczukowa 13.IV.1942
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Wanda Krąkowska 28.V.1942
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Krystyna Krauzówna 13.IV.1942
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Halina Krzemińska 13.IV.1942
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Waclawa Łagodzińska 15.VII.1942
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Zofia Łagodzińska 13.IV.1942
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Maria Maciejczakówna 13.IV.1942
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Krystyna Niemirycz 16.VII.1942
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Jadwiga Pobiedzińska 15.XII.1942
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Halina Poborcówna 03.X.1942
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Irena Poborcówna 03.X.1942
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Wanda Polakowska 25.IX.19.42
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Emilia Radecka 18.IV.1942
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Helena Sawicz 29.IV.1943
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Romana Sekuła 18.IV.1942
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Halina Staniszewska 17.VII.1942
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Zofia Szachowicz 29.IV.1943
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Aleksandra Szwejda 13.IV.1942
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Zofia Tarka 13.IV.1942
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Maria Waśniewska 18.IV.1942
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Jadwiga Wilgocka 05.I.1945
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Stanisława Woźniak 11.II.1943
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All of the executed women like
the rest of the Polish prisoners in the camp wore the above triangle. |
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