Berlin: Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Tour in English
Description
Sachsenhausen was the first purpose-built concentration camp, created as a centre of terror, persecution, and systematic brutality. Initially, it imprisoned 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. 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 and courage among prisoners. The tour also visits the Inspectorate of Concentration Camps, the administrative centre that controlled the Nazi camp system across Europe. This is a fully guided and stress-free experience. Our guides will welcome and assist you at the meeting point in Berlin, accompany you throughout the day, and bring you comfortably back to the city centre at the conclusion of the tour. A €3 per person donation supports the Sachsenhausen Memorial.
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Itinerary
Take train from our meeting point near S+U Friedrichstraße to Oranienburg. Oranienburg city is where the former concentration camp was constructed.
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.
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.
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Important Information
- 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
Reviews(5,825)
Emma was so professional and informative. We learned so much from her. She was so passionate about keeping the concentration camps in our history so we may never ever forget. She guided us through all the areas of the tour with knowledge and compassion
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Very powerful experience I was not satisfied with the guide. He seemed unwilling to answer questions and was very dour. The trip was supposed to end at 5 but it ended an hour early and we had no breaks on a very hot day.
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Maria, our tour guide, managed to lead a difficult tour with knowledge, empathy, friendliness, and attentiveness. She is definitely an expert and an excellent guide!
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The tour was great, Tina is very knowledgeable and very interactive and attentive with everyone. I learned a lot about the history. Recommend 100%
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I am so glad I booked a tour instead of doing this on my own. Our tour guide, Ariel, l was incredibly knowledgeable and brought insight to the history of the camp that was invaluable. I enjoyed that the tour gave us time to look through the exhibits, but also our guide pointed out the important pieces that could easily get lost in the fold of a large complex. The guide was also kind and willing to answer any and all questions we had. I would definitely recommend this tour to others wanting to visit.
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Guide mikey was and excellent and patient guide. He was both helpful in sourcing train tickets and skilled in delivering the nuanced narrative of the camp its origins and its evolution hand in hand with the nazis rise to power and eventual downfall. Highly recommended in exploring the banality of evil.
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Mikey was very knowledgeable and a brilliant tour guide. Would recommend!
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This was a must do trip if you're in Berlin. Our tour guide Paul was fantastic. One of the best tour guides I've had anywhere, very attentive to needs, and a guinely nice guy
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Paul was an awesome guide who explained the camp so well. It was nice how he kept a group together and was able to pivot on a rainy day.
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We went on both the Third Reich and Sachsenhausen tours on separate days and had the pleasure of Tina being our guide on both occasions. Both tours were incredibly informative and Tina has a fantastic way of making history tangible. Her passion for history shines through in what she does and you can tell the hours that she has put into researching the most minute details. We found ourselves over the next few days remembering quotes Tina had said and all the details that she had highlighted that really stayed with us. Tina tackled such delicate subject matters with the perfect mixture of information and real human emotion. We would definitely recommend the tours to anyone visiting to get the most out of your visit. You’ll be even more lucky if Tina is your guide!
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