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Tickets for Sachsenhausen: Concentration Camp Memorial Tour from Berlin + Live Guide

Visit the infamous 'model' Concentration camp with a licenced expert guide

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Insider Tour
Registered address: Flensburger Str. 7, 10557, Berlin, DE
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Start time: 10:00
Duration: 6h
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Live guide: English
Smartphone tickets accepted

What's included

Expert, licenced guide
Group tour in English

What's not included

Train ticket. All participants need an ABC zone day pass or similar
Train tickets can be purchased at our meeting point
Snacks, drinks – bring some along as there are no lunching facilities there

Important information

* Note: Additional train tickets (Berlin BVG All-Day Ticket for Zones A, B and C) need to be purchased to take part in the tour. This can be done at the meeting point.

Meeting point

Reichstagufer 17, 10117, Berlin

  • Discover the interior of camp Sachsenhausen memorial – the barracks, punishment cells, prison, camp kitchen, execution chamber, pathology center, & infirmary
  • Hear the stories of the inmates, their daily lives at the camp, and the cruelty forced upon them by their oppressors
  • See old SS functionary villas, the Inspectorate of concentration camps for all of occupied Europe, and the former SS training grounds

As the first purpose-built camp established under Himmler, Sachsenhausen was conceived as a ‘model’ structure. Join an expert guide and discover how Nazi architects designed the grounds and buildings with a view to subjugating prisoners to the absolute power of the SS.

Learn how Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp effectively became a training ground for the Holocaust once certain groups had been defined as racially or biologically inferior. Uncover the realities of life and death in the camp. Visit the barracks, punishment cells, execution grounds, crematorium, pathology laboratory, gas chamber and infirmary. Hear about the fate of notable prisoners, such as Stalin’s son, and how ‘death marches’ were the end for many.

Moat importantly you'll hear stories of valour amid the horror.

  • You’ll find your guide outside the Friedrichstrasse Train Station, on the square between the ‘Tränenpalast’ (Palace of Tears) and the station.
  • They’ll be wearing a blue lanyard with a yellow name tag.
  • Purchase a train ticket for zones A, B and C.
  • Get a full refund if you select a refundable ticket during checkout and cancel until 23:59 the day before you visit.
  • Rescheduling is not possible for this ticket.

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Alessandra,  France France
28 May 2023
Excellent
Daniel was excellent..Endless information on the tour.Even after the tour was finished he gave us recommendations for restaurant/flea markets etc.If there was 6 stars we would of have him 6 ha.
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Spencer,  United Kingdom United Kingdom
13 Nov 2022
Excellent
Martin was excellent and so informative. A very educational but serious and respectful tour. Would highly recommend.
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Anne-Marie,  United Kingdom United Kingdom
26 Aug 2023
Excellent
Excellent tour. Campbell was extremely knowledgeable and looked after the group so well.
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