Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp - Tour from Berlin
- Guide available in English
- Walking Tour
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp - Tour from Berlin
Key Highlights
- Discover the dark past of Sachsenhausen on this tour which has been designed by an expert in military history
- Book in confidence – our local partners are highly rated by users of Trip Advisor
Overview
It was the first new camp to be established after Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler was appointed Chief of the German Police in 1936. Learn from your guide about the prisoners who died of starvation, disease, forced labour and mistreatment.
The design of the grounds was conceived by the SS architects as the ideal concentration camp setting and symbolically subjugating the prisoners to the absolute power of the SS.
Activity Schedule
Itinerary
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Start your tour at your desired locations. Accompanied by a guide, you will be taken to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp.
Built in the summer of 1936, Sachsenhausen facilitated the removal of antisocial elements as Berlin hosted the Olympics held that year. The guide will explain you in detail about life and death in Special Camp No. 1/7 as Sachsenhausen was to come under the Soviets.
More than 200,000 people were imprisoned in this site by the Nazis of which some 50,000 were brutally murdered. Sachsenhausen victims were a mix of political opponents. Let your guide explain you in detail about the history of the camp and brutalities suffered by the prisoners.
After exploring the memorial site, you will return back to the starting point of the tour.
Inclusions & Exclusions
- Guide available in English
- Walking Tour
- Transport from Berlin City Centre to Sachsenhausen (Group will travel together by public transport and tickets can be bought on the day of the tour, a day pass is around EUR6.80)
- Lunch
- Hotel pick up and drop off
Please note
Please call the activity operator for any logistical query you may have.
Transport to Sachsenhausen and back to Berlin is not included; you will need to buy a train ticket at the start point. You'll require an ABC zone ticket (one way is approx Euro 3.00 or a day pass is Euro 6.80 and a small group ticket for up to 5 people for the day is Euro 15.50)
Additional info
Customer Reviews
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Great tour
Mrs Joyce E Duncan, Australia 09/18/2016 -
Cameron Patterson, France 07/24/2016
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Thought provoking tour
Andrew Macilwraith, Ireland 10/14/2015
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