News of: Sunday, April 24 2005,

Commemoration at Ravensbrück monument in Amsterdam

More than 200 survivors of the Ravensbrück concentration camp commemorated the liberation of the camp today.

The commemoration was held at the Ravensbrück monument, located on the Museumplein square.

Between 1935 and 1945 92,000 women and children were killed in the camp.

The monument is adopted by the children of the nearby Nicolaas Maes School. Children of the school read poems at the ceremony.

Some pictures and more information are on this site.