Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Tour from Berlin

Summary

The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Tour from Berlin is a must-do for anyone visiting Berlin. The memorial is a sobering reminder of the atrocities committed by the Nazis during the Holocaust. The tour takes you through the camp, explaining the history and the atrocities that took place. The tour is well-organized and the guides are knowledgeable and passionate about their subject.

Description

Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Tour from Berlin

The former concentration camp Sachsenhausen was the first purposely built camp to be established as a center for terror, fear, persecution, torture, experimentation and murder. Initially it imprisoned those the Nazi's deemed to be racially, socially or politically inferior. On your way to the former concentration camp pass through the local town of Oranienburg and learn how the population supported and benefited from its operation. Your expert, licensed guide will accompany you through the former prison/punisment cells, infirmaries, barracks, gas chamber and crematoria. Learn stories of valour and solidarity amongst the inmates in the face of an almost hopeless situation. During our tour you will visit the Inspectorate of Camps, from this innocuous looking building the Nazi's controlled the entire concentration camp sytem of Europe. For every ticket sold we donate €2 towards the upkeep and future restoration of the former concentration camp

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Points Of Interest

• minutes: Take train from our meeting point near S+U Friedrichstraße to Oranienburg. Oranienburg city is where the former concentration camp was constructed.
• 15 minutes: Ride with our guide to Oraninenburg S-bahn. Walk around the town and learn about how complicit the towns folk were and see where inmates used to work.
• 150 minutes: Sachsenhausen former concentration camp. Arrive at the former Camp and walk around the interiors of the first camp specifically built to be a concentration camp, not using existing structures. See the old barracks, Prison cells and torture cells, Camp kitchen, Station Z (where mass executions took place), the gas chamber and crematorium. You'll also see the infirmaries and pathology center, as well as Tower A - the main guard tower.

Additional Information

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• Good walking shoes are recommended
• Please arrive at the meeting point 15 minutes before the tour starting time
• Check the weather and dress accordingly
• Social distancing enforced throughout experience
• Guides required to regularly wash hands