Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Tour
As the only provider in Berlin, we offer this public tour with a maximum of 15 people to ensure a manageable group size for our guides and a high quality experience for our guests.
Highlights
- Tour guide specially trained and officially licensed, speaking perfect English
- Get an exclusive guided tour on the vast memorial site including Jewish Barracks and “Station Z” execution centre
- Unravel the complex history of the Holocaust.
- Donation for the Memorial included
Additional Information
Bring along
An ABC Day-Pass (ABC Tageskarte) or two ABC One-Way Tickets (ABC Einzelfahrausweis) are necessary as the tour involves a journey on public transport.
You cannot buy refreshments or snacks inside the memorial so it is advised you bring some with you.
We also recommend good walking shoes and appropriate clothing as the tour runs in all weather.
Requirements
Due to the nature of the tour and the visuals at the Camp Grounds, we do not recommend bringing children younger than 12 years.
What's included
- 6-hour walking tour with a professional guide
- Intimate groups of max. 15 people
- Entrance / memorial fee including donation
- Train Tickets (ABC 24 hour pass)
Overview
During the Third Reich just outside of Berlin, the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp was the headquarters of the whole Nazi concentration camp system. On this tour, you will learn more about the bleak and complex history of the Holocaust including why and how such atrocities ended up being committed.
The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp located just outside of Berlin was the headquarters of the whole concentration camp network in the Third Reich. Tens of thousands of victims suffered under the persecution of the SS and camp guards and some of the worst atrocities of mankind took place not only there but across the territories annexed by the Nazi regime.
In this tour, you will learn more about what life was like for a prisoner in Sachsenhausen and how the camp was run by the security officials in charge. This deeply sensitive subject also explains the complex and brutal history behind the Holocaust and tries to answer questions as to why it happened and how it got to this devastating stage as World War II progressed.
Conditions in the camp worsened after the start of the war and the SS used Sachsenhausen to carry out acts of mass murder on 10,000 Soviet prisoners of war in 1941. You will learn about escape attempts by some Jewish prisoners and the tunnel dug by the British prisoner of war "Jimmy" James. Barbarous medical experiments were also conducted on prisoners and as the Nazi regime was coming to an end, many of the remaining prisoners were forced on a death march in unbearable conditions.
After the camp was "liberated" by Soviet troops, the communist regime continued to use Sachsenhausen for their own political enemies where atrocities still continued. The group will also learn also how the East German regime manipulated the history of the camp for its own
The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Tour Includes
Tower A
“Shoe Testing Track”
Roll Call Yard (appellplatz)
The “Jewish Barracks”
The camp prison
The story of “Great Escaper” Jimmy James
The Kitchen
“Station Z” execution centre
Pathology Lab
Infirmary Barracks
Soviet Special Camp 7
The “Green Monster”
The “Death March”
Operation Bernhard
The “small camp”
Execution Trench
The T-Building
Homosexual prisoners’ memorial
Cancellation policy
24 hours Cancellation Notes: Up to 24 hours before the beginning of the activity: full refund Less than 24 hours before the beginning of the activity or no-show: no refund
