Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Tour With Licensed Guide

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ID: GYG529142-921910
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Country: Germany

Duration: 06:00 hours


Description

An Extremely Powerful Tour to the Sachsenhausen Memorial With some of the Best Professional Guides.
Join one of our expert guides for an in-depth visit to one of the most harrowing sites in the vicinity of Berlin: the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Tour.

The Sachsenhausen tour starts in Berlin City Center, where you will meet with your guide. After which, we take a short train ride out to the town of Oranienburg the site of the Sachsenhausen Camp Memorial. On the way there we will learn how Hitler achieved the dictatorship and how the concentration camps in their earliest incarnation were a key instrument of Nazi terror and the suppression of political opponents.

Concentration camps were a key instrument in the Nazis regime of terror, and the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp was unique. The camp was the first purpose-built concentration camp within the Third Reich and the closest one to Berlin. It is also one of the most visited World War Two concentration camps.
Whilst Sachsenhausen is not so ingrained within the world’s consciousness it was an extremely important camp within the concentration camp system. As the tour progresses will learn the following.

How Sachsenhausen became the nodal point of the entire concentration camp system.

how the victims demographic changed over time as the net of persecution widened in the prelude to, and after the beginning of the Second World War.

How the living conditions worsened at the camp during the war.
The War crimes at the hands of the SS included the mass murder of prisoners.

The camp changed hands after the war first to the Soviets and then to East Germany.

We will also provide an overview to the development of the concentration camp system as a whole.

The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Tour Visits:
Full Camp Entrance & licensed guide
The SS and Gestapo Prison Block
Infirmary Building
Station Z (the purpose-built execution
facility)
The Camp Kitchen
Pathology Building and Mortuary
Cellar
Barrack Buildings
Tower A (the main camp entrance)

Highlights

  • Tour with an Expert guide to the camp and back to Berlin
  • Full camp tour with an expert guide.
  • How Sachsenhausen became the nodal point of the entire concentration camp system
  • Notable events, people, and the history of the camp

Guiding languages

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
A public transport ticket with ABC zones is needed to travel to the camp
Outside Hopfingerbräu Ebertstr. 24, 10117 Berlin (This is right next to the Brandenburg Gate)
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When should I book?

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.


Cancellations

Cancellation is not possible. If you cancel it anyway or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity and the money you paid will not be refunded.