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Take an award-winning guided bus tour from Berlin to the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial, with commentary en route. Explore the camp's history and learn about its role in the Nazi camp system.

Highlights

• Drive through Oranienburg and see where the inmates would have worked
• See the crematoria, gas chamber, execution trench, infirmaries
• See the interior of the camp, where 35,000 people were murdered/died of disease
• Explore the infirmary barracks, where experimentation took place during the war
• Experience the barracks where prisoners were brutally treated.

Description

Embark on an immersive Award Winning guided tour of Sachsenhausen, a former concentration camp that stands as a powerful testament to one of history's darkest periods. This experience offers an opportunity to gain deep insights into the atrocities committed within its walls and understand how Germany today acknowledges and teaches this difficult past. Discover what the local populations of the time knew about the grim realities of this vast camp system and how it impacted life beyond the barbed wire. Begin your journey with a bus ride from central Berlin to Sachsenhausen, the first concentration camp designed and constructed from the ground up with a strategic plan for maximum control and expansion. Upon arrival, step into the stark barracks and learn about the harsh conditions and daily routines faced by those imprisoned there. With the expertise of your guide, walk through the camp and absorb the stories of survival, despair, and the administrative ruthlessness that defined Heinrich Himmler’s modern concentration camp. Explore the commandant’s house, a chilling reminder of the orchestrators behind the camp’s brutal efficiency, and pass through the infamous Tower A, where the words 'Arbeit Macht Frei' still cast a haunting shadow over the entrance. Delve deeper into the camp's structure by visiting critical areas such as the gas chamber, isolation cells, crematoria, and punishment cells, each a solemn reminder of the unimaginable suffering endured by countless individuals. Throughout the tour, your guide will provide historical context and share narratives that shed light on the camp’s operational mechanisms and the broader network of camps it was a part of. Reflect on how these lessons continue to resonate, ensuring that the memories of those who suffered are preserved. After this profound exploration, you’ll be brought back to Berlin aboard an air-conditioned bus, concluding your journey at the Friedrichstrasse train station meeting point, where you can pause to reflect on an experience that will remain with you long after the tour ends.

Includes

Professional licensed guide Transportation by private air-conditioned vehicle Driver Sachsenhausen Memorial entry €3 donation per person to the Sachsenhausen Memorial Map of the former concentration camp

Important Information

• • Please remember to bring along a light snack and drink. • Please wear weather-appropriate clothing and comfortable walking shoes. • Tours will meet outside Friedrichstr. train station, on the square beside the 'Traenenpalast' (Palace of Tears), Reichstagufer 17, 10117 Berlin. The tour is not wheelchair accessible. Not recommended for individuals with limited mobility or walking impairments.

Easy cancellation

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund