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(2,098)
A very informative and worthwhile tour. Campbell our tour guide was a wealth of knowledge and such a great guide!
Not my thing normally but it was worth the effort. Our guide Joseph was very informative and sincere. He had good knowledge of the camp and its history. We had enough time at the camp. It was a good tour.
This was a very moving and powerful experience. We went as a family and it was very meaningful. Our guide, Joseph, gave so much valuable context and insights throughout the tour. It really wouldn’t have been the same without him! He even gave us suggestions for other sites to see I response to our questions. Thank you, Joseph, for being such a calm and helpful guide for this experience.
Paul, our guide was fantastic. Knowledgeable, informative, easy to understand, relaxed and kept the group moving at a steady pace.
A brief insight into the history of what happened to those persecuted during the war - we must remember!
Great experience. Joachim took us back to that time of how the life was those days. Very impressive.
Hannah was incredible with her professionalism and knowledge she provided throughout the tour. I learned a lot and would highly recommend to everyone!
Tina was a great guide who shared her extensive knowledge on WW2 history and the use of the camps, during the journey and at the site. Lovely clean comfortable bus. 4hr trip all in which is prob enough for most guests!
We're delighted to hear your experience was such a positive one. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Reviews like yours mean so much to us. Thanks and safe travels, Insider Tour
Joseph gave authentic sobering account of the concentration camp with emphasis on the human aspect of the place and the suffering imposed on innocent people . A must experienced place to appreciate the darker side of the human condition and how centralisation of power and authority can very quickly turn to mass torture and extermination . A story that needs to be told whilst standing on the same grounds of those who have fallen . For ethical reasons photos are best avoided . I couldn’t help to take a picture if a house outside the concentration camp , where SS officers once lived
Your recommendation is greatly appreciated. We're happy the tour left such a positive impression. Thank you for choosing Insider Tour. Thanks and all the best, Insider Tour
Extremely knowledgeable guide with a history of Germany and could provide in depth details of pre and post war history
Thank you for your wonderful comments. We're pleased the tour became a highlight of your stay. We appreciate your support. Thanks and all the best, Insider Tour
