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Berlin: Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Tour in English
About This Tour
Award-Winning Sachsenhausen Memorial Tour – A Powerful Journey Through History
Sachsenhausen was the first purpose-built concentration camp, created as a centre of terror, persecution, and systematic brutality. Initially, it held those the Nazi regime considered racially, socially, or politically undesirable.
Travel through the town of Oranienburg and learn how the local community was connected to the camp, in many cases, benefited from its presence. Your expert, licensed guide will lead you through key locations, including the punishment cells, infirmary, barracks, gas chamber, and crematoria, while sharing powerful stories of resilience, courage, and solidarity among prisoners in the face of unimaginable suffering.
The tour also visits the Inspectorate of Concentration Camps—a seemingly ordinary building that served as the administrative centre controlling the entire Nazi camp system across Europe.
A €3 per person donation supports the preservation, of the Sachsenhausen Memorial
Sachsenhausen was the first purpose-built concentration camp, created as a centre of terror, persecution, and systematic brutality. Initially, it held those the Nazi regime considered racially, socially, or politically undesirable.
Travel through the town of Oranienburg and learn how the local community was connected to the camp, in many cases, benefited from its presence. Your expert, licensed guide will lead you through key locations, including the punishment cells, infirmary, barracks, gas chamber, and crematoria, while sharing powerful stories of resilience, courage, and solidarity among prisoners in the face of unimaginable suffering.
The tour also visits the Inspectorate of Concentration Camps—a seemingly ordinary building that served as the administrative centre controlling the entire Nazi camp system across Europe.
A €3 per person donation supports the preservation, of the Sachsenhausen Memorial
What's Included
✓ Included
- Licensed guide trained by memorial authority
- Entry in to the memorial included
- English-language guide
- Insider Tour donates €3 to the Sachsenhausen memorial per guest
✗ Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- You will require a Transport ticket for zones ABC
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- ABC train ticket required for the round trip from the meeting point to the memorial.
Itinerary
1
Take train from our meeting point near S+U Friedrichstraße to Oranienburg. Oranienburg city is where the former concentration camp was constructed.
2
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.
3
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.
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.
Good to Know
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Not recommended for individuals with limited mobility or walking impairments.
- Please arrive at the meeting point 15 minutes before the tour starting time
- Good walking shoes are recommended