Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial: Bus Tour from Berlin | La Vacanza Travel

Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial: Bus Tour from Berlin

Duration: 4 hours
Destination: Germany, Berlin, Berlin
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  • 4 hours
  • Berlin
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

With this private, modern, air-con bus tour to the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial, your professional, English-speaking guide will provide a commentary en route, preparing you with background information on the early years of the Nazi camp system. Drive through Oranienburg, the town where the camp was built and learn about how much the locals actually knew.

Sachsenhausen - the first concentration camp that was purposely built, opened in 1936 and was created to control, and intimdate the prisoners with brutal efficiency.
Enter the old barracks, learn about daily life for the inmates of the camp, and how slave labour, starvation, disease, torture and death were a part of daily life.
See the execution pit where people were gassed, shot or hanged by the brutal SS guards.
Walk through the small prison, pathology centre and infirmary where experimentation and murder took place.

Insider Tour donates €3 towards the restoration and upkeep of the former concentration camp.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Gedenkstatte und Museum Sachsenhausen, Strasse der Nationen 22, 16515 Oranienburg, Brandenburg Germany

Meet us at Friedrichstrasse station, where you will board our hired coach to reach Oranienburg. Along the way, our guide will introduce Sachsenhausen, show you where the inmates would have worked in Oranienburg, and you'll learn more about what the local populations knew about the realities of the immense camp system.

With our guide, you'll walk around the interior of Heinrich Himmmler's, new, modern always expandable Concentration camp. Visit the commandants house, then walk through tower A where the iconic words can still be seen on the gate today "ARBEIT MACHT FREI".

Experience the interior of the camp, where 35,000 people died during the years of its operation between 1936-45. Explore the infirmary barracks, where experimentation took place during the war. Learn about the how Sachsenhausen was re-purposed by the Soviets as a special camp after the World War 2, where an additional 12,500 died after the war, and hear what life was like for the inmates during the years of 1945-1950.

Once the tour has concluded you will be picked up and brought back to Berlin in an air-conditioned bus to our West meeting point at Friedrichstraße station, where our guide will be happy to answer any and all questions you may have about your stay in Berlin.

Duration: 4 hours

Inclusions
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Licensed guide trained by memorial authority
  • Driver
  • Group tour of Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial
  • Entry into Sachsenhausen Memorial
  • Return trip back to Berlin Friedrichstrasse
  • Entry/Admission - Gedenkstatte und Museum Sachsenhausen

Exclusions
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup/drop off
  • Food and drinks- please bring snacks and a drink with you
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Accessible only with collapsible wheelchairs
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 1 day of travel. In this case confirmation will be received as soon as possible, subject to availability
Departure Point

Reichstagufer 17, 10117 Berlin, Germany


Departure Time

10:00 AM


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

4 hours


User's Reviews

mhaltenhof

16 Apr, 2024

Martin was GREAT tour guide!!! He really gave us a load down on everything that went on at this camp. It will always be a heartbreaking moment that this actually happened to innocent people. He explained everything in detail and came from his heart.

Sabine_M

14 Apr, 2024

The guide was so knowledgeable the drive to sachenhausen was great he went over the history of Germany the hour went so fast and the same at the site he could answer any question we had I learned a lot

Jo_H

11 Apr, 2024

Hannah our guide was exceptional. She was so knowledgeable and shared an incredible amount of information on the journey to the camp to give context and at the site itself. She was mindful of how challenging the content could be. An absolute asset to your team.

Mark_M

06 Apr, 2024

This tour was worth every cent. Hannah the tour guide was excellent, very informative and for sure she loves what she does. Super nice and answered all are questions. The driver did a great job, we felt safe all the way. Wonderful and tottally recommended.

Cruiser608837

06 Apr, 2024

We took this tour with Hannah and are so very glad we did. We have done many guided trips in many countries and Hannah’s stood out today. She was incredibly knowledgeable and shared her knowledge in such a compelling, impactful and personal way. We wholly recommend this tour and hope you get Hannah as your guide.

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The German camp tour.

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Julian makes the trip

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Small Group Bus Tour to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp.

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"Comprendere è impossibile, conoscere è necessario" (Primo Levi)

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