Ravensbruck

Extraordinary story of secret ‘letter-writing group’ who used own URINE as invisible ink to reveal death camp horrors

A group of Girl Guides sent to the notorious Ravensbrück concentration camp for women, smuggled out letters written in ‘invisible ink’ – their own urine. Kalbar/TFN/ssaufseherin.fora.pl/ Im Gefolge der SS

The detailed descriptions that the group wrote of German crimes made their way to the Polish underground and eventually to the International Red Cross, the Vatican and the Polish government-in-exile in London. Twenty-seven were later found by one of the writer’s daughters after being hidden for decades in some old furniture.

Remains of Polish women slaughtered in Nazi's Ravensbrück death camp found

The find was the result of a hunt by the Institute of National Remembrance for victims of Nazi terror.

Ravensbruck testimonies a priceless gift for future generations

Testimonies by former inmates of the Ravensbruck Nazi-German concentration camp for women are a priceless gift for future generations, First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda said on Sunday at the camp's memorial site in Brandenburg, eastern Germany.

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