Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Tour

For this tour, Original Berlin Walks’ guides are trained to unravel the complex history of the Holocaust. Using witness accounts and historical research, our qualified guides shed light on what life was like as a prisoner.

You will see the camp prison, where key members of opposition to Nazi terror were interned, included WWII prisoners of war. Hear how British RAF officer “Jimmy” James, one of the “Great Escapers” managed to escape Sachsenhausen. Take some free time in the site museums to reflect on the tragic history of the “Third Reich”, and stand before the remains of “Station Z”, where thousands of executions took place at the hands of the SS.

We treat the memorial site with the utmost respect. All of our guides are officially licensed by the site, and engage in further courses offered by the memorial foundation throughout the year.

Your guide will sensitively explain how different victim groups were persecuted by the SS Guards, including Jewish people, Jehova’s Witnesses, homosexuals, Sinti & Roma, and political prisoners. An ongoing discussion will be conducted as you visit different locations across the site, including the roll call yard and work details such as the Infirmary Barracks, the Shoe Testing Track.

In order to impede the spread of COVID-19 the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Site requires that all visitors wear a mask throughout the entirety of their time at the site. Furthermore, the inside of each of the museums are currently closed. Our guides have plenty of experience describing the contents of the museums, so the content of the tour remains unchanged.