The Prisoner Compound

Prisoners’ Compound | 1939–45

Initially, the camp’s main compound consisted of a camp street and two rows of huts for up to 3,000 prisoners. From 1940, the industrial complex [22] and the “New Camp” [25] with more rows of huts were added. By 1945, the prisoners’ compound was made up of five rows of huts and four camp streets. Camp streets 2 to 4 were bordered by poplar trees. Many traces of the camp’s original structures were obliterated during the Soviet Army’s occupancy of the grounds. During the Memorial’s redesign in 2000, the outlines of the huts in the first two rows were marked by shallow depressions.

- Historical Overview and Map. Memorial Ravensbrueck pdf

This montage is of photos of the Prisoner Compound taken from the steps

of the prison block, which is situated  in the bottom corner of the left arm

of the red "T" shape on the top aerial photo of the Ravensbrueck camp

View of the Prisoner Compound through an entrance by the waterworks, none of the former

barracks now exist, the buildings in the distance are part of the huge "Tailor's Workshop" 

How it once looked

This montage is of photos of the Prisoner Compound was taken from the position indicated

on the aerial photo below. It is part of the huge area of the former camp which is currently

out-of-bounds, not part of the memorial. I had to move the fence on the left to get in there.