Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Tour With Licensed Guide
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About this Tour
For public tours: please show up at 9:50 at the train station to ensure transport
Delve into the history of Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp on a guided tour led by licensed experts.
Starting from Berlin, this experience takes you through one of the most significant sites of the Nazi regime. Learn about its pivotal role in the concentration camp system, the lives of the prisoners, and the war crimes committed within its walls. With stops at the SS prison block, Station Z, the pathology building, and more, this tour offers a respectful and comprehensive view of the camp's history.
Steps of the 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.
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 including the mass murder of prisoners.
- The camp changing 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.
Who should take part in this tour?
This tour is perfect for history enthusiasts, adults, and teenagers aged 14 and older. It’s ideal for those who want to deepen their understanding of the Holocaust and Nazi Germany.
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