Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Tour from Berlin
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Tour from Berlin
The former concentration camp Sachsenhausen was the first purposely built camp to be established as a centre 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
Itinerary
Friedrichstraße (Pass by)
Take train from our meeting point near S+U Friedrichstraße to Oranienburg. Oranienburg city is where the former concentration camp was constructed.
Oranienburg
- 15m
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.
Gedenkstatte und Museum Sachsenhausen
- 2h 30m
- Admission ticket included
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 centre, as well as Tower A - the main guard tower.
What is included in this trek package?
What is excluded in this trek package?
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Train ticket (you will need a Berlin Transport ABC Zone ticket costing approximately 9 euros)
- Service charge
- Food and drinks
Official Trek Map
