Intense visit at Sachsenhausen concentration camp (private tour)

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This tour focuses on the psychology and lives of both victims and perpetrators, exploring clues to the central question.
It began with polarizing, violent, and stigmatizing words during the Weimar Republic and escalated over twelve years of dictatorship. The camp system started provisionally when Hitler came to power, evolving from the idea of “protective custody” to forced labor exploitation, and ultimately to the death camps of the “Final Solution.”
Sachsenhausen existed for nine years. Originally planned for about 6,000 inmates, it eventually held over 40,000, with more than 50,000 people losing their lives there. In 1936 this model camp was built in the forest during the Berlin Olympic Games. Its architecture is a stark testament to the SS’s omnipotent control and the professionalization of terror.
The tour is information-dense, covering multiple storylines that unfolded simultaneously at the camp. All guides hold the official certification of the memorial site.

What's Included

  • All Fees and Taxes
  • Professional guide with the official license
  • Lunch You should bring some water and a snack with you as there is not much to buy on the site
  • Public transport - you need an ABC ticket. Recommended is a 24 hour option. Sums up max 10 € p.p.
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10117 Berlin
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Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin - Centrum Judaicum

Meet your guide in front of the former imperial post office on Oranienburger Straße. Explore the neighboring New Synagogue—a remarkable architectural landmark in the heart of Berlin’s former Jewish quarter. Built when the German Empire was founded, it stands as a symbol of the integration and vibrant Jewish life that flourished during the German Empire and the Weimar Republic. Learn how, five years after the Nazi dictatorship came to power, open physical violence against Jewish Germans began. Discover why the largest synagogue in Germany, unlike many others, survived the pogroms of 1938. We will then follow the traces of thousands of arrested Jews to Sachsenhausen. The escalation of antisemitic terror took on a new dimension in 1938, a development that would culminate six years later in the murder of millions. From here we will do the train-ride in direction north to the town of Oranienburg.
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1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Oranienburg

From the station, we walk to the memorial site—following the same route prisoners were forced to take—and discuss the camp’s visibility and what its presence meant for the surrounding community. Oranienburg was strategically located: close to Berlin, on a major railway line to the Baltic Sea, and surrounded by local industries that both supplied and demanded forced labor. The town had already been the site of an early “wild camp” in 1933/34, and the castle was handed over to the SS as a garrison. The mayor actively promoted Oranienburg, and in 1936 it was chosen as THE location for the model camp of a new generation of concentration camps. Built with forced labor, it emerged at a time when the world was turning its attention to the "glorious" Olympic Games taking place nearby in Berlin. Learn why the U.S. Air Force carried out a heavy bombing raid on the area just one month before liberation.
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15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Finanzamt Oranienburg

We stop at today’s tax office, the former headquarters of the Inspectorate of the Concentration Camps, to talk about the central role Sachsenhausen played in the vast concentration camp system. From this building, the SS directed and administered more than 1,000 camps and subcamps across Europe. Here, you’ll learn about the rise of the “SS state” within the Nazi dictatorship—how the SS gradually pushed aside the Brownshirts, how Heinrich Himmler expanded the SS into a “state within a state” with nearly one million members, and how the concentration camp system was transformed into a highly organized and profitable instrument of exploitation.
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30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Gedenkstatte und Museum Sachsenhausen

We will spend about two hours at the memorial site. The grounds are extensive, so we will need to do some walking. There will be an opportunity to take a coffee break. Along the way, we will stop at several locations and discuss the following topics. • Overview at the large entrance map • Tower A shows the perpetrators’ perspective • Pass through the infamous “Arbeit macht frei” gate • Enter the roll-call square • The dehumanizing “check-in” process • Violence dominated daily routines • “Shoe-testing” track as a nightmare job • Original barracks built like a cowshed • Cold, disease and starvation killed many • “Special prisoners” isolated in the Zellenbau • Survival strategies against all odds • Station Z – mass killing and cremation of tens of thousands • Infirmary as a site of medical crimes • The White Buses also reached Sachsenhausen • The bizarre camp brothel • Death marches before liberation • How German society faced this barbarism • How humankind can avoid repetition
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2 hours 15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Oranienburger Strasse Synagogue

It’s time to return to Berlin. We will make our way to Oranienburg train station and take the train back to the city.
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1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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  • Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

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A: You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the adventure for a full refund. For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the adventure start time.If you cancel less than 24 hours before the adventure start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.Any changes made less than 24 hours before the adventure start time will not be accepted.Cut-off times are based on the adventure local time (CEST). Read more Apr 2025

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What's Included

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  • All Fees and Taxes
  • Professional guide with the official license
  • LunchYou should bring some water and a snack with you as there is not much to buy on the site
  • Public transport - you need an ABC ticket. Recommended is a 24 hour option. Sums up max 10 € p.p.
  • If you had a very good tour guides love tips

Additional Info

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  • Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Please note: we will do a trainride of 30 km (45 minutes) to the town Oranienburg. You need ABC tickets (not included) from lokal public transport company "BVG". Best option is often the 24 hour mini group ticket. On the site we will walk about 2-3 km.

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  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the adventure start time will not be accepted.
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