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Discover Sachsenhausen, one of the first concentration camps established by Nazi Germany’s Third Reich, on this guided trip from Berlin. Listen as an expert historian details the facts surrounding the camp’s creation, as well as a timeline of the atrocities that took place there. Today, the site serves as a national memorial to the prisoners who lived and died here, and on your visit you'll explore the various locations inside the camp, like the command headquarters and execution trench, and learn about Germany during the rule of the Third Reich.
- Explore the camp with an expert historian as your guide
- Visit sites such as the punishment cells and gas chambers
- Hear tales of prisoner bravery as well as the chilling atrocities that took place at the camp
- Learn about Germany during the days of the Third Reich
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Begin your tour with a guide meet and greet at Zoologischer Garten train station or Hackescher Markt train station. Ride to the Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum in Oranienburg.
More than 200,000 people were imprisoned in Sachsenhausen between 1936 and 1945. At first, the prisoners were primarily political opponents of the Nazi regime. However, people that were defined by the National Socialists as racially or biologically inferior were later included.
By 1939, there were a large number of citizens from the occupied European states imprisoned here. Tens of thousands of people died of starvation, disease, forced labor and mistreatment, or they were victims of the systematic extermination by the Schutzstaffel, or the SS. Thousands of other prisoners died during the “death marches” that followed the evacuation of the camp in April of 1945. At that time, approximately 3,000 sick prisoners, along with the doctors and nurses who had stayed behind in the camp, were freed by Soviet and Polish soldiers.
This tour features a visit to the punishment cells, gallows, gas chambers and burial pits located inside the prison. Hear stories of prisoner bravery as well as the chilling atrocities that took place at the camp, which now serves as a national memorial to the prisoners who lived and died here. Your tour ends with a return train trip to Berlin.
More than 200,000 people were imprisoned in Sachsenhausen between 1936 and 1945. At first, the prisoners were primarily political opponents of the Nazi regime. However, people that were defined by the National Socialists as racially or biologically inferior were later included.
By 1939, there were a large number of citizens from the occupied European states imprisoned here. Tens of thousands of people died of starvation, disease, forced labor and mistreatment, or they were victims of the systematic extermination by the Schutzstaffel, or the SS. Thousands of other prisoners died during the “death marches” that followed the evacuation of the camp in April of 1945. At that time, approximately 3,000 sick prisoners, along with the doctors and nurses who had stayed behind in the camp, were freed by Soviet and Polish soldiers.
This tour features a visit to the punishment cells, gallows, gas chambers and burial pits located inside the prison. Hear stories of prisoner bravery as well as the chilling atrocities that took place at the camp, which now serves as a national memorial to the prisoners who lived and died here. Your tour ends with a return train trip to Berlin.
Itinerary
Walk through Tower A and learn about the geometric terror created to subjugate the so-called inferior people of Hitler's Germany. You'll see the execution trench and learn about the methods the SS used to dehumanize and murder the inmates. Visit a barrack and learn about the day to day lives of the inmates. Go to where the gas chamber was located and see the original crematoria. Discuss experimentation by the infirmaries. Venture into the camp kitchen which today houses an exhibition on various aspects of the camp. The last point of call for many inmates was Station Z, sadistically named so because many people were murdered here. Learn how the Soviets used Sachsenhausen as a prison to incarcerate Nazi war criminals after WWII. Learn how the East Germans memorialised the camp in 1961.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Included
Walk through Tower A and learn about the geometric terror created to subjugate the so-called inferior people of Hitler's Germany. You'll see the execution trench and learn about the methods the SS used to dehumanize and murder the inmates. Visit a barrack and learn about the day to day lives of the inmates. Go to where the gas chamber was located and see the original crematoria. Discuss experimentation by the infirmaries. Venture into the camp kitchen which today houses an exhibition on various aspects of the camp. The last point of call for many inmates was Station Z, sadistically named so because many people were murdered here. Learn how the Soviets used Sachsenhausen as a prison to incarcerate Nazi war criminals after WWII. Learn how the East Germans memorialised the camp in 1961.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Included
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- "Very bitterly cold in November but somewhat felt even colder on the grounds of the camp so ensure your fully prepared if your visiting around this time with good walking shoes." See review
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