The Memorial Tour: Visit to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp (licensed guide)
Description
Berlin Sachsenhausen Tour: Join us for a one of kind tour event on an in-depth one of a kind visit to Sachsenhausen! This is the Birchy’s Berlin’s Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Tour. 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 in the world. This tour is a complete visit to the memorial camp. The tour starts in Berlin City Center, where you will meet your guide, Aaron. After that we take a short train ride out to the Sachsenhausen Camp Memorial. Aaron has held an Official Certified Sachsenhausen Tour Guide License for many years and has partaken in numerous courses as well as trained other Berlin Guides. His experience and one of a kind historical knowledge of Sachsenhausen makes this tour like no other! Join Birchy or one of our expert guides on a public tour as we head to the north of Berlin and visit what was the closest concentration camp to the capital of the Third Reich, The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. We will look at the way the concentration camps system developed from ad-hoc prisons into purpose-built facilities and look at the multitude of functions, crimes, experimentation, murder and mass murder that occurred within (and sometimes beyond) the confines of the camp from the summer of 1936 - until its liberation in late April 1945. We will look at the changing prisoner demographic in the lead up to and into the Second World,
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Itinerary
From the meeting point we will head to the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial, which is located to 30km to the north of Berlin, on the outskirts of Oranienburg. Once there we will visit the Key elements of the camp including: Tower A: The entrance into the main camp Compound The Roll-call area The Pathology Building, infirmary buildings and mortuary Celler Station Z: the purpose-built execution facility Exhibition in Former camp Kitchen SS and Gestapo Prison Former Prisoner barrack block
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Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Wheelchair accessible
- Accessible for those with limited mobility
- Animals or pets allowed
- Infant seats unavailable
- Infants must not sit on laps
- Meeting Point: Outside Hopfingerbrau Ebertstraße 24, 10117 Berlin (This is located next to the Brandenberg Gate)
- Meeting Point: Outside Hopfingerbrau Ebertstraße 24, 10117 Berlin (This is located next to the Brandenberg Gate)
- Read Our Post Know Before You Go Sachsenhausen
- Wheelchair accessible
Reviews(98)
An excellent well put together tour, our guide Paul was extremely knowledgeable and handle the tour really well. For anyone interested in visiting here to learn more about this chapter in German history, would recommend you book with Paul and Birchys Tours.
Would highly recommend this tour! We had Paul as our guide and he was extremely knowledgeable about not only Sachsenhausen camp and WWII but around all history of Berlin and Europe. I learnt a lot and Paul had detailed answers to everyone’s questions. This is a must do tour when visiting Berlin!!
Paul was a great guide, he really was knowledgeable about all the sites we went too and over all the experience was great, the meeting point was easy to get to and getting to sachsenhausen was also stress free thanks to Paul. Cannot recommend enough!
Our tour was definitely made by having Paul as our guide. He has so much knowledge and shares it in a way that is clear, understandable and doesn’t avoid the tough/sad/heat breaking details. The day was bitterly cold but the time on the train and at the Memorial flew by. Highly recommend this tour - it added so much to (what we thought) was an already decent knowledge base.
Thank you so much for your kind words and for braving the Berlin winter. I’m really glad the experience added to what was already a strong knowledge base. Cold days at the Memorial can be especially powerful sometimes; the atmosphere adds something that words and photos cannot. Thanks again for the review, and I hope the rest of your Berlin trip was memorable as well!
Tour guide Paul was amazing. Had a great time with him, and he is extremely sharp. Definitely recommend.
Thank you for the great review! I’ll be sure to pass your feedback on to Paul.
Went with tour guide Paul who was very knowledgeable with good insight and facts. Chill guy
Paul is indeed the guy! Thanks for the great review, and I know Paul has already seen it. Hope you come back again!
Terrible history and very sad tour. Our guide was knowledgable and made sure we saw the most impactful parts.
We went on this trip which was booked last minute whilst we were in Berlin. The booking process was very easy and straightforward, with excellent correspondence from the company. Our tour guide was Ciaran, who I must say was absolutely amazing! I can’t have asked for a better guide. I could really sense the passion from him, and he is very knowledgable, regardless of the questions asked. Ciaran took the time to explain about the longstanding political, economic, & wartime history of Germany which really put everything into perspective. Honestly, this was an absolutely amazing experience and I would highly recommend this tour to anyone interested in visiting the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp.
It was a very colorful and in-depth storytelling of both the history of pre-war Germany along with the hardships and atrocities endured by prisoners.
Beth the guide was great. Social, committed and deeply knowledgeable about the subject. Top marks to Beth! The information from TripAdvisor should be updated. Ex no bus ride from the train station but 20 minutes walk, which was great for our party, but should be informed about. No set aside time for lunch so a steady breakfast before or brought sandwich is needed.
