sachsenhausen concentration camp memorial tour from berlin

Stiftung Brandenburgische Gedenkstätten Gedenkstätte und Museum Sachsenhausen

Opening Times, Prices and Travel Information

Opening hours, visitor information center.

Daily from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

Outdoor areas and exhibitions

Summer (March 15 to October 14) 8:30 am to 6 pm

Winter (October 15 to March 14) 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

The memorial offers Guided Tours and Workshops .

Audio guides

Audio guides with which you can to explore the Memorial on your own, are available at the Memorial's Visitor Information Centre. The hire fee is 3,50 Euro per device (the group rate is 2,50 Euro per device).

The audio guides are available in the following languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian.

There is a sufficient number of devices available. A reservation is not necessary.

Archive and library

Tuesday to Thursday 9:00 am to 4:30 pm (registration required). Further information about the Archive and the Library .

Admission to the Memorial and the Museums is free!

If you would like to book guided tours and workshops, please register at least four months in advance due to high demand.

Current information for bookings:

From now on, please book exclusively via our new booking website . (Requests using the old registration form will no longer be processed).

Instructions:

1. Select a desired date in the calendar. 2. A registration form will open. Once you have completed the registration form, send the booking request. 3. You will then receive a confirmation of receipt with a summary of your booking request. 4. As soon as the booking request has been accepted by us, you will receive a booking confirmation with important information for your visit. (Please note: your guided tour/workshop will only take place if you receive this booking confirmation). 5. Approximately three weeks before the booked and confirmed date, you will receive an automatic reminder.

Fees for guided tours and workshops:

Group Tours

In German Reduced fee (e.g., schools): 50 Euro Full fee: 90 Euro

In a foreign language   Reduced fee (e.g., schools): 90 Euro Full fee: 110 Euro

In German Reduced fee (e.g., schools): 75 Euro Full fee: 140 Euro

In a foreign language   Reduced fee (e.g., schools): 110 Euro Full fee: 160 Euro

Audio Guides

Single: 3,50 Euro Group price (10 devices or more): 2,50 Euro

Travel information from Berlin-Centre

From 28.03.2024 to 09.05.2024: On the S-Bahn line S1 between Birkenwerder and Oranienburg replacement service with buses. More information can be found here.

• S-Bahn line S 1 (Wannsee - Oranienburg) to Oranienburg train station (Travel time from Berlin Friedrichstraße station 45 minutes, every 20 minutes).

Regional Trains

In case you are travelling with the regional train, please alight at Oranienburg station and not at Sachsenhausen station.

• Regional train RE 5 (direction Stralsund/Rostock - Neustrelitz - Wünsdorf-Waldstadt/Elsterwerda) to Oranienburg station (travel time from Berlin Main Station (Hauptbahnhof) 25 minutes, runs hourly).
• Regional train RB 12 (direction Templin) from Berlin-Ostkreuz and Berlin- Lichtenberg to Oranienburg Station (travel time 25 minutes, runs hourly).
• Regional train RB 20 from Potsdam to Oranienburg station (travel time 60 minutes, runs hourly)

Buses departing in front of Oranienburg train station

• Bus line 804 (hourly 8:19 etc., direction Malz, last bus 17:19) to the stop "Gedenkstätte".
• Bus line 821 (11:55, 13:55, 14:55, 15:43 and 17:00, direction Tiergarten) to the stop  "Gedenkstätte".

Tickets at VBB rates, from Berlin-Hauptbahnhof or Berlin-Friedrichstraße zone "Berlin ABC"; from Berlin-Lichtenberg "Berlin BC". These tickets are also valid for the OVG bus lines in Oranienburg.

Alternatively the Memorial can be reached from Oranienburg train station in 20 minutes on foot.

Cars and Buses

From Berlin take the city motorway A 111 towards Hamburg; at the Oranienburg junction take the A 10 motorway (Berliner Ring) towards Prenzlau as far as the Birkenwerder exit; then take the B 96 to Oranienburg and follow the signs to the Memorial ("Gedenkstätte").

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Gedenkstätte Sachsenhausen

Memorial centre and museum

The memorial centre at Sachsenhausen tells the story of one of the biggest concentration camps on German territory from 1936 to 1945.

On 21 March 1933, right in the centre of the town of Oranienburg near Berlin, an empty factory building became the first concentration camp in Prussia. Today, the memorial centre at Sachsenhausen tells the story of the concentration camp at the sites where it took place.

The concentration camp

The site of what is now the Sachsenhausen memorial centre was one of the biggest concentration camps on German territory from 1936 to 1945. The T Building housed the central administration office for all the concentration camps. The part of the camp known as the “Zone of Interest”, along with many auxiliary camps, housed around 200,000 inmates who were enslaved and exploited as forced labour by local industry. Several tens of thousands of prisoners died as a result the inhumane working and living conditions and the brutal treatment, or were gassed, shot or subjected to medical experiments.

In April 1945, with the Red Army already approaching, the SS began evacuating the camp and sent the inmates on “death marches” , in which thousands were shot or died of exhaustion. Today, a branch of the memorial centre commemorates the death march with an exhibition in Belower Wald.

On 22 and 23 April 1945, Soviet and Polish troops reached the camp, where even after liberation, hundreds died as a result of their imprisonment.

After the Second World War

From 1945 to 1950 the site was used as a special camp by the NKVD, the Soviet secret service. It was what was known as a silent camp, and around 60,000 internees lived there under the most miserable conditions. Around 12,000 of them died due to conditions in the camp, hunger and disease.

Sachsenhausen memorial centre and museum

In 1961 the site was declared a national place of memorial and remembrance in the GDR. Since 1993, the memorial centre and museum at Sachsenhausen have belonged to the Stiftung Brandenburgische Gedenkstätten, the foundation which maintains memorials in Brandenburg. In the 1990s, work began on preserving the original locations as memorials, 13 new permanent exhibitions were opened and the architect HG Merz redesigned the central place of remembrance, Station Z.

The memorial centre is an open place of learning. Rather than everything being in one place, you can walk around the original locations, the huts, the cells and the administrative centre, and find out about the concentration camp. At the visitor information centre, you are given a general suggestion of where to go, and an overview of the exhibitions. A visitor guide system provides further information and takes you to the various sites.

Information for schools

Admission to the Sachsenhausen memorial centre and the exhibitions is free. We advise school groups to take a guided tour of the camp and the museums. As well as general guides, tours on specific topics are available. For groups of up to 15, a guided tour costs 15 euros, and 25 euros for groups of up to 30. Tours must be booked in advance. A museum box is available for schools to prepare for the visit (suitable for pupils of 15 or older). A guided tour and film are available if booked in advance. The museums and films are not suitable for children under 10.

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Free Tour Memorial Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

Overview of the tour in Berlin

Please read all information carefully before making your reservation On this tour we meet in Berlin to travel together by train to the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp memorial, one of the first camps that served as a model for the camps that followed. Visiting the exhibits inside where we will learn how this institution of terror was meticulously designed and understand the historical importance of the place during the Nazi era and later, after the war, during the Soviet era. This tour is intense but informative, offering an unprecedented insight into Europe's darkest era, which has inspired numerous books and films. Join us for a unique experience that will transport you into the heart of history. Book your visit now!

This activity includes:

• Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen
• Patio de formación
• Antiguas cocinas (museo)
• Barracon 38
• Celdas de castigo
• Memorial soviético
• Enfermerías
• Zona de exterminio "Station Z"
• ...¡y mucho más!

Meeting point

Rotes Rathaus

Find the meeting point right outside the door of the Rotes Rathaus (Red Town Hall) and look for a WHITE UMBRELLA! You can get there with the subway line U5, get off at the "Rotes Rathaus" stop, or walk five minutes from Alexander Platz where you will find more public transport options.

Things to note

- A transport ticket for ABC zones is required. - It is recommended to bring a drink and a small snack. - Accessible for people with reduced mobility. - A donation of €3 per person (over 15 years old) must be made to the foundation upon entering. - For reservations of more than 6 people even if they are made separately, the guide will have to be paid at the beginning of the tour € 17 per person. **A minimum of 6 participants is required for the tour to take place**

Free Cancellation

You are free to cancel a booking anytime. We kindly remind you to cancel bookings you cannot arrive for. Being reported as absent decreases your customer level points and the benefits you can enjoy.

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