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Take a tour of the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp.
Discover the brutal history of the facility that was primarily used for political prisoners. The camp was also used as an administrative center of the Nazi concentration camp system.
Our informative guides expose the grim realities of life and death at Sachsenhausen. Join us for a short train ride just outside of Berlin to this desolate reminder of the worst part of Human History. We will explain stories of tragedy and triumph. Explain how everyday life was in the camp, and some tactics used here. Although this is a very sobering and somber tour, we also like to celebrate some strong personalities survivors and victims that suffered here but whose actions bring inspiration to this day! Join us for the Original Berlin Sachsenhausen Tour.
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Duration: 6 hours
Starts: Berlin, Germany
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Take a tour of the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp.
Discover the brutal history of the facility that was primarily used for political prisoners. The camp was also used as an administrative center of the Nazi concentration camp system.
Our informative guides expose the grim realities of life and death at Sachsenhausen. Join us for a short train ride just outside of Berlin to this desolate reminder of the worst part of Human History. We will explain stories of tragedy and triumph. Explain how everyday life was in the camp, and some tactics used here. Although this is a very sobering and somber tour, we also like to celebrate some strong personalities survivors and victims that suffered here but whose actions bring inspiration to this day! Join us for the Original Berlin Sachsenhausen Tour.
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Stop At: Sachsenhausen Tour Berlin Concentration Camp Memorial Tour, Ebertstraße 23, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Take a tour of the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp.
Discover the brutal history of the facility that was primarily used for political prisoners. The camp was also used as an administrative center of the Nazi concentration camp system. Our informative guides expose the grim realities of life and death at Sachsenhausen.
Duration: 6 hours
Stop At: Sachsenhausen, 60596 Frankfurt, Hesse Germany
Join us for a short train ride just outside of Berlin to this desolate reminder of the worst part of Human History. We will explain stories of tragedy and triumph. Explain how everyday life was in the camp, and some tactics used here. Although this is a very sobering and somber tour, we also like to celebrate some strong personalities survivors and victims that suffered here but whose actions bring inspiration to this day!
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sachsenhausen, 60596 Frankfurt, Hesse Germany
THE PUNISHMENT CELLS:
The cell block, separated from the rest of the camp by a wall, was used as the camp and Gestapo prison. It was a place shrouded in secrecy and the site of cruel mistreatment and murders. Of the original T-shaped building with some 80 cells and guardrooms and interrogation rooms, only one section remains today.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sachsenhausen, 60596 Frankfurt, Hesse Germany
THE GAS CHAMBERS:
This was the name given by the SS to a building that contained a crematorium and killing facilities, built in 1942. The use of the last letter of the alphabet was a cynical reference to the last station in the life of a prisoner. “Station Z” contained four cremation ovens, a gas chamber and a firing squad area. The building, still wholly intact, was blown up by the KVP (Militarised People’s Police) of the GDR in 1952/53. In the course of constructing the National Memorial in 1961, architects consolidated the foundations and the remains of the ovens, over which they erected a huge monumental roof. This had to be demolished in 2004, not least because the structure had deteriorated irreparably. The area was given a completely new treatment in order to create a central place of remembrance; this was inaugurated in April 2005 to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the liberation of the camp.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sachsenhausen, 60596 Frankfurt, Hesse Germany
THE GUARD TOWER A:
This was the main gate of the former Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Around 200000 prisoners entered through this
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sachsenhausen, 60596 Frankfurt, Hesse Germany
THE EXCEPTION GROUNDS & THE PIT:
This was a labor camp, prisoners would therefore be building their own living accommodation as and when those in command felt it was necessary.
Duration: 30 minutes
