Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Bus Tour in English from Berlin
Description
Experience a powerful and moving journey on this private, stress-free bus tour to the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial. Travel with our private bus with an expert, licensed guide who will provide historical insight and unique perspectives throughout the day Sachsenhausen, built in 1936, was the first purpose-built concentration camp and became a model for the Nazi camp system. Explore important locations including the barracks, prison cells, infirmary, execution area, and crematoria while learning about the realities faced by prisoners under the Nazi regime. As you travel through Oranienburg and the memorial site, your guide will share powerful stories of persecution, survival, resistance, and remembrance, helping bring this important history into deeper context. This is a fully guided experience from start to finish. Our guides will assist you at the meeting point in Berlin, accompany you throughout the tour, and return with you by bus back to the original meeting point.
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Itinerary
Meet us at Friedrichstrasse station, where you will board our hired coach to reach Oranienburg. Along the way, our guide will introduce Sachsenhausen, show you where the inmates would have worked in Oranienburg, and you'll learn more about what the local populations knew about the realities of the immense camp system. With our guide, you'll walk around the interior of Heinrich Himmmler's, new, modern always expandable Concentration camp. Visit the commandants house, then walk through tower A where the iconic words can still be seen on the gate today "ARBEIT MACHT FREI". Experience the interior of the camp, where 35,000 people died during the years of its operation between 1936-45. Explore the infirmary barracks, where experimentation took place during the war. Learn about the how Sachsenhausen was re-purposed by the Soviets as a special camp after the World War 2, where an additional 12,500 died after the war, and hear what life was like for the inmates during the years of 1945-1950. Once the tour has concluded you will be picked up and brought back to Berlin in an air-conditioned bus to our West meeting point at Friedrichstraße station, where our guide will be happy to answer any and all questions you may have about your stay in Berlin.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- 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.
- IMPORTANT: Please be at our meeting point 15 mins before tour departure time.
Reviews(2,055)
This tour was excellent. Our guide Emma was extremely knowledgeable on both the camp itself and German history.
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Luicia was a great guide, passionate, informative and knowledgeable. Very emotional and heavy tour but the story needs to be told so history does not repeat itself.
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Must do tour. I had limited understanding on what the camps really were and this tour gave me so much more insight and knowledge on some of the horrors involved. Our Aussie tour guide Tina has been living in Berlin for 5+ years and was very passionate about all of the knowledge she shared, which added so much value to this experience. She was so lovely and answered all questions I had. Can’t reccommend her or Insider Tours enough!
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Insightful understanding of why the first concentration camp was built near Berlin as a model for future camps. Overwhelming to walk through and see how low the depravity of man can go without a moral compass.
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It’s a fair amount of walking so wear comfortable shoes: trainers/sneakers. The coach ride gives you a great background for what you will be experiencing.
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Very informative and your guide very easy to understand He explained everything that we would be seeing Snd gave very interesting commentary on the way
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Mikey was truly amazing! He was so full of information and his English was perfect. We would definitely go on another tour with Mikey as our guide.
We're thrilled to hear you had a fantastic experience. Our guides love bringing these stories to life. Thanks and safe travels, Insider Tour
This is a compact tour of one of the concentration camps during WWII... about an hour north of Berlin. It is well-run, the bus is very comfortable, and our guide, Emma, was amazing in her knowledge and led our group like she knew what she was doing! SHE made this a great tour. If you want to dive deeper into this memorial, you would need more time here... but this is exactly what we desired.
Thank you for your fantastic comments and encouragement. We are delighted that our guide's knowledge and enthusiasm helped create such an enjoyable experience. Your support is sincerely appreciated. All the best, Insider Tour
Mikey was very informative and very knowledgeable. Very interesting tour. , bus driver was 25 minutes late which was disappointing
Thank you very much for your thoughtful comments and wonderful review. We are happy that you enjoyed the guide’s storytelling and historical insights throughout the tour. Your recommendation is greatly appreciated. All the best, Insider Tour
Excellent tour. Artie was a terrific guide. Very informative with thorough historical background. Definitely recommend.
Thank you so much for your amazing feedback and recommendation. Our guides love sharing Berlin’s stories, and it is wonderful to hear that this came through during the tour. We appreciate your support very much. All the best, Insider Tour
