Top Experiences in Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen

A moving tour of one of the most important concentration camps in Germany. We will review its entire history, the day-to-day life of the camp, its prisoners, as well as the profile of each of them in a 6-hour tour.

This shore excursion combines our classic All-in-One Best of Berlin trip with a brief visit to the largest concentration camp near Berlin: Sachsenhausen. 

We will pick you up directly at your cruise ship docking in Warnemünde or Rostock, and bring you to Berlin in a modern, air-conditioned vehicle. In Berlin you will meet your professional tour guide who will show you the highlights of the city and then take you to the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial for a brief visit.

Please be aware, the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial is roughly a one hour drive from Berlin, so there is more time spent on the bus on this tour than our regular Berlin shore excursion.

All of our experiences are adjusted to each ship’s docking times and start promptly after your vessel’s arrival, returning with plenty of time to spare before departure. We have been organizing shore excursions for nearly a decade and have never missed a ship’s departure.

Sachsenhausen was built in 1936 around the time that the Nazis were using the Olympic Games as a showcase for their dictatorship. The early camps were built to crush any potential opposition from the left but within a short time had become filled with groups and individuals targeted by the regime because of their race, religion, sexuality and supposed unfitness for society.

The closest permanent camp to Berlin, and the second purpose-built camp, Sachsenhausen was intended as a model camp for all the camps to follow. Visiting the Memorial today will help you understand the evolution not only of the camp system itself but the overarching narrative of the dictatorship itself - from persecution to annihilation.

Take this private day tour to follow the traces of the Second World War in Germany and Poland. Visit the Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum of a former Nazi Germany concentration camp. Travel across the border to Poland and tour the underground tunnels and shelters to experience the life of Polish people under the constant threat of air raids in occupied Poland. Walk around the charming city of Szczecin and learn about its history and reality during the Cold War. Enjoy a dinner in a traditional Polish Restaurant and private transportation with free snacks and beverages during the whole trip.

Berlin Sachsenhausen Tour: Join us for a one of kind tour event on an in-depth one of a kind visit to Sachsenhausen! This is the Birchy’s Berlin’s Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Tour. Concentration camps were a key instrument in the Nazis regime of terror, and the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp was unique. The camp was the first purpose-built concentration camp within the Third Reich and the closest one to Berlin. It is also one of the most visited World War Two concentration camps in the world.

This tour is a complete visit to the memorial camp. The tour starts in Berlin City Center, where you will meet your guide, Aaron. After that we take a short train ride out to the Sachsenhausen Camp Memorial.

Aaron has held an Official Certified Sachsenhausen Tour Guide License for many years and has partaken in numerous courses as well as trained other Berlin Guides. His experience and one of a kind historical knowledge of Sachsenhausen makes this tour like no other! 

Join Birchy or one of our expert guides on a public tour as we head to the north of Berlin and visit what was the closest concentration camp to the capital of the Third Reich, The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp.

We will look at the way the concentration camps system developed from ad-hoc prisons into purpose-built facilities and look at the multitude of functions, crimes, experimentation, murder and mass murder that occurred within (and sometimes beyond) the confines of the camp from the summer of 1936 - until its liberation in late April 1945.

We will look at the changing prisoner demographic in the lead up to and into the Second World,   

Visiting the site of the former Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp is a very emotional day tour. The camp had a major significance for SS Terror during the Nazi rule and allows us to understand how the persecution of victims escalated from the Nazi seizure of power through the war and until the very end.

Our guides are certified by the Memorial Authorities and are all academics. They will guide you through this complex site and will help you understand the SS system of Terror as it unfolded.

Visiting the site of the former Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp is a very emotional day tour. The camp had a major significance for SS Terror during the Nazi rule and allows us to understand how the persecution of victims escalated from the Nazi seizure of power through the war and until the very end.
Our guides are certified by the Memorial Authorities and are all academics. They will guide you through this complex site and will help you understand the SS system of Terror as it unfolded.

Please note, this version of the tour is a walking tour. You will need a public transport pass for Zones ABC, which the guide can help you purchase.

Opened in the summer of 1936, Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp was used for the detainment and exploitation of 200,000 political prisoners and racial enemies of the National socialist regime. More than 10,000 inmates died there as a result of starvation, disease, and systematic murder perpetrated by the SS.

This tour takes you to the dark heart of National Socialism, visiting the nucleus of the former concentration camp at Sachsenhausen, and other sites in Berlin relevant to the atrocities of Nazism. It is candid, confronting, and moving – an important journey to make for those who have never visited a concentration camp memorial before. Our professional, local guide will be with you every step of the way, adding important context to your visit, delving into the history of the period, and telling stories of the everyday bravery of the exploited and incarcerated.

Leave your cruise ship at Warnemünde Port, and visit Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial and Berlin on a full-day private shore excursion! With a private guide, unravel the complexities of the Holocaust during the Nazi era of the Third Reich, and hear harrowing tales of prisoners’ fates and bravery. After traveling to nearby Berlin, explore the city on a sightseeing tour and discover a collection of Third Reich sights such as Hitler’s bunker and the Holocaust Memorial, as well as landmarks such as Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag.

Visit the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial on this private tour from Berlin. With a licensed guide who will answer your questions and tailor the tour to your interests, you’ll get in-depth insight to the history of the camp and the intentions behind it.

The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp north of Berlin existed from July 12, 1936 until the end of World War II and was used as a model for other camps.

As licensed guides of the Concentration Camp Memorial of Sachsenhausen, we will guide you through the historical buildings and the informative exhibition, and answer all your questions about this terrible place.

Highly educated, professional licensed guides lead you through Sachsenhausen former concentration camp providing important detailed information, the tragic history of courageous men and women, and stories of life within the interment site.

Your excursion to the concentration camp near Berlin will take you through the Jewish Barracks, the Appelplatz roll call area, the prison, the pathology and hospital buildings as well as Station Z.

During this private tour from Berlin, visit one of the first concentration camps established by Nazi Germany — Sachsenhausen. Learn about the events that led to the creation of this forced labour camp that imprisoned 200,000 people and murdered thousands. Today, the entire site serves as a memorial and a museum dedicated to the prisoners who lived and died there. 

As your tour guide, it is my solemn duty to lead you through this powerful and poignant site, where echoes of the past resonate and the lessons learned are etched into the very fabric of the surroundings.

Our journey begins at the entrance gate, marked by the infamous slogan "Arbeit Macht Frei" – "Work Sets You Free." This chilling phrase sets the tone for what lies ahead, as we explore the various barracks, watchtowers, and historical exhibitions that reveal the stories of those who endured unimaginable suffering within these walls.

Walking through the solemn rows of barracks, you'll gain insight into the daily lives of the prisoners, each structure holding untold tales of resilience and tragedy.

So, let us embark on this journey together, honoring the memory of those who suffered and pledging to create a world where tolerance, compassion, and human dignity prevail.

Join Berlin’s only World War II tour specialists, take a tour of the Sachsenhasuen Concentration Camp. Uncover the harrowing truth behind the Nazi regime and pay homage to the countless lives forever changed by these tragic events.

This tour offers an unparalleled glimpse into the harrowing realities of the camp's inmates and the brutal machinery that powered the Holocaust.

Key Tour Highlights:

- Comprehensive Glimpse into a Dark Chapter of History
- Venture beyond the camp: Explore seldom-seen locations
- Retrace the Footsteps of Tyranny

Your ticket also includes a meaningful contribution to the camp memorial, ensuring the preservation of this important historical site for future generations.

On this tour you travel to the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp from Berlin with your licensed-guide. Once there there you spend around around 3 hours at the camp itself.

Once there we will discuss how and when Sachsenhausen, and the concentration camp system itself came into being, how it developed, who was imprisoned there and for what and attempt to really contextualize what occurred at the site, with regard to the Nazi Dictatorship and the Second World War.

Sites within the camp itself that we will visit/enter inc. Tower A, the infirmary building, Pathology building, Station Z (the execution facility), former camp kitchen and barrack blocks.

After 3 hours or so your guide will accompany you back to Berlin.

Join a specially trained and licensed guide on the train out of Berlin to the town of Oranienburg, home to the former concentration camp, Sachsenhausen.

Prisoners were held in appalling conditions in Sachsenhausen. Explore the lives of prisoners, including survivors, and hear stories of suffering, tragedy, and resistance. Learn how Sachsenhausen became the head of the entire concentration camp network, and how conditions deteriorated in the 9 years of Nazi power.

Discover the work details of the prisoners, from the camp kitchen and the brick factory to the dreaded 'shoe-testing track'. Hear how there was always a hidden, sadistic reality to the front presented by the Nazis. See where the guards lived and ask tough questions: who were they, and how could they be part of such a system?

Your expert guide will weave a narrative through the site, treating the content with the utmost sensitivity. You will be brought back to Berlin at the end of your experience.

Leave Berlin for a half-day tour to the Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen with a professional guide. This tour is a stern reminder of one of history's most brutal periods.

Walkthrough the former camp as your guide points out places of significance and discusses the camp's role in the Nazi concentration camp system. Hear stories about survivors and the living conditions of the camp.

This tour stops at the former punishment cells, gas chambers, Guard Tower A, and the 'Pit.'

While you’re in port in Warnemuende, explore the German capital and delve into the country’s World War II history on this private 12-hour Sachsenhausen Memorial and Berlin tour. Visit the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp with a private guide and learn of the role it played during WWII. During your Berlin walking tour, discover attractions such as Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall Memorial, and East Side Gallery, and plan your own itinerary to hit the highlights of most interest. This private tour includes pickup and drop-off at the Warnemuende cruise terminal.

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.

On a private Car and with a private and friendly guide, we go and explore together the first concentration camp in Oranienburg.

We will find out what happened, why it happened, and what was the cost of freedom at that time to liberate and eliminate racism and oppression.
As you know, the first concentration camp is a cruel historical experience that connects us to a true story of the distant and modern era.
On this trip we will feel, see, take souvenir photos and learn from history and we can only welcome you to our friendly company.

La visita guiada por el campo de concentración de Sachsenhausen te ayudará a comprender la Historia del horror nazi y a explorar los límites de la opresión política y la crueldad humana.

Conoce las historia y las mejores anécdotas de manos de nuestros guías especializados.

La duración del tour es de 5:30 horas incluyendo el trayecto de ida y vuelta desde Berlín.

We delve deep into the psychology of Nazi terror. See how atrocities developed from bad to worst in only 9 years. The system of concentration camps changed from protective custody via slave labour up to the "final solution"death camps.
3,000 inmates had to build this model camp in the forest during the Berlin Olympic Games 36. The camps architecture is a manifest for the SS´s omnipotent power over their victims.
This camp hosted the overall administration for more than 1.000 camps.
We visit authentic baracks, the death „Station Z“ as well as the medical research facilities of the "sick barracks". We talk about remembrance culture and societal learning in the mirror of the times, about the SS as an organization of a terrorist "elite", about perpetrators and victims.
The tour is characterized by a high density of information.
We talk about different storylines that happened here simultaneously.
Our guides have the official certification of the memorial site.

Sightseeing tour with a round-trip transfer, which includes a visit to the memorial of the concentration camp Sachsenhausen (45 - 60 min) and a sightseeing tour of Berlin (4.5 hours). During a tour of Berlin you will see the Bundestag building, Brandenburg Gate, Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Victory Column, Bellevue Palace, Museum Island, Unter den Linden, Berlin Cathedral, the building of the former German Ministry of Aviation. Goering, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin Wall, Alexanderplatz, Rotes Rathaus, Humboldt University, Checkpoint Charlie, etc.
Upon arrival in Berlin you will have 1 hour of free time for lunch.

Visit the Sachsenhausen Memorial, which was the concentration camp closest to the Nazi capital and became a prototype on which all other camps were based.

On this tour we will take you back to the prisoners' daily life and their struggle for survival on the basis of selected biographies.

The prisoners were among others simply Communists, Jews and whoever else the Nazis considered their enemy. Just imagine that 200 000 inmates from 40 countries had been here!

Arriving by train from Berlin you will discover the wretched history of the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp on this impactful guided tour.
Just outside Berlin, this site bears witness to the atrocities of the Third Reich. Our knowledgeable guides will lead you through key areas of the camp, including the notorious gatehouse and the barracks, sharing insights into the camp's establishment in 1936, its role in the Nazi regime, and the diverse prisoner populations it held.
You'll learn about the harrowing experiences of those imprisoned here, their resilience, and the camp's post-WWII history under Soviet control.

The tour also focuses on the memorialization efforts at Sachsenhausen, offering a reflective look at how the site has been transformed into a place of remembrance. Visit various national memorials and exhibitions within the complex, each honoring the victims from different backgrounds.
Join us for this deeply moving experience at one of history's most significant sites.

The former concentration camp Sachsenhausen was the first purposely built camp to be established as a center for terror, fear, persecution, torture, experimentation and murder. Initially it imprisoned those the Nazi's deemed to be racially, socially or politically inferior. On your way to the former concentration camp pass through the local town of Oranienburg and learn how the population supported and benefited from its operation. Your expert, licensed guide will accompany you through the former prison/punisment cells, infirmaries, barracks, gas chamber and crematoria. Learn stories of valour and solidarity amongst the inmates in the face of an almost hopeless situation. During our tour you will visit the Inspectorate of Camps, from this innocuous looking building the Nazi's controlled the entire concentration camp sytem of Europe.

For every ticket sold we donate €2 towards the upkeep and future restoration of the former concentration camp

Thanks to the guided tour of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, from the beginning we will begin to understand the dimension of the realities that were lived here. Going through each of its places, we will learn more about how to run a concentration camp, about how the jobs were distributed according to the crimes, what were the punishments that were inflicted.

This shore excursion combines our classic All-in-One Best of Berlin trip with a brief visit to the largest concentration camp near Berlin: Sachsenhausen. 

We will pick you up directly at your cruise ship docking in Warnemünde or Rostock, and bring you to Berlin to see the city's essential sites. You will then be driven to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp for an overview of the memorial site.

Please be aware, Sachsenhausen is roughly a one hour drive from Berlin. The tour is organized to minimize time spent on the bus. This is why we visit Sachsenhausen in the afternoon, as it lies on the way back to port. More time, however, is spent on the bus than on our regular Berlin shore excursion.

All of our shore excursions are adjusted to each ship’s docking times and each starts promptly after your vessel’s arrival, returning with plenty of time to spare before its departure. We have been organizing shore excursions for nearly a decade and have never missed a cruise ship’s departure.

Head north of Berlin ( about 1 hours by train) for a tour into the past at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, one of the main concentration camps in Nazi Germany. While you explore the memorial site with a guide, you'll learn the history of the camp and those imprisoned here, providing an essential background to Germany's past and present.

Experience Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, just north of Berlin, on this private tour with your local private guide, including hotel pickup and drop-off in a minivan at your hotel in Berlin. Together with a dedicated guide, you'll traverse the concentration camp that imprisoned thousands and murdered many between 1936 and 1945. Visit some of the remaining buildings and grounds, learn about the history of the camp and the Nazi Party, and gain insight into this tragic period in history.

* The entire tour including hotel pickup and drop-off lasts about 4 hours
* The visit of the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp itself lasts about 2 hours
* The tour is with a licensed guide trained by memorial authority
* For transportation a comfortable and air-conditioned minivan with driver is used
* Admission to the camp is included in the tour price

This THOUGHT-PROVOKING, UNIQUE and ENGAGING tour, "Never Again,” has been created to help the visitors unravel the realities and nightmares of one of the darkest periods of modern history.

It's time for a journey of consciousness, a pursuit of remembrance and change. There is not enough talk about what happened, we have to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

We will talk about the victims of this concentration camp and the Holocaust in general, and draw parallels to current events. The conversation is designed to challenge all of us.

Things to note:

The tour is meant for persons aged 13 or older. Each guide will be identified with a small yellow flag and our name! This tour involves a lot of walking.

Berlin Sachsenhausen Tour: Join us for an in-depth one of a kind visit to Sachsenhausen! This is the Birchy’s Berlin’s Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Tour. Concentration camps were a key instrument in the Nazis regime of terror, and the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp was unique. The camp was the first purpose-built concentration camp within the Third Reich and the closest one to Berlin. It is also one of the most visited World War Two concentration camps in the world.

This tour is a complete visit to the memorial camp. The tour starts in Berlin City Center, where you will meet your guide, Aaron. After that we take a short train ride out to the Sachsenhausen Camp Memorial.

Aaron has held an Official Certified Sachsenhausen Tour Guide License for many years and has partaken in numerous courses as well as trained other Berlin Guides. His experience and one of a kind historical knowledge of Sachsenhausen makes this tour like no other! 

On the fringes of a national park lies the infamous site of Sachsenhausen. Incarcerating primarily political prisoners, the camp saw the deaths of 30,000 people. Witness its preserved barracks and sparse living conditions, observe the remains of the hugely emotive execution facilities, and begin to grasp the magnitude of the crimes committed here.

Learn about the daily life of its prisoners and about its largest ever seen counterfeit currency operation, and a Nazi strategy to affect the economies of the allied forces. Hear how the horrors continued after WWII as the Soviets commandeered it for their own undesirable means.

Visit the concentration camp of Sachsenhausen on a private tour from Berlin. Our official tour guide will tell you the history of this place. Although a sad history, a visit to the concentration camp is crucial for every new visitor of Berlin. During your tour you will not only learn about what the nazis did on site, but also the postwar use of the soviets.

The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp was built in 1936 by the SS. Until 1945, more than 200,000 people from all over Europe were imprisoned here. From 1945-1950, the Soviet Special Camp No. 7/No. 1 was located on the site.
In 1961, the GDR founded the Sachsenhausen National Memorial. The present Memorial and the Sachsenhausen Museum have been part of the Brandenburg Memorials Foundation since 1993.

Discover two of Berlin's most popular day trip destinations with a passionate local guide from the comfort of a private vehicle.

First, we'll take you to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp where you'll learn about the tragic history of the Nazi regime. Then, we'll whisk you away to the city of Kings - Potsdam - where you can witness the breathtaking parks and palaces of the Hohenzollern monarchy.

We'll pick you up from your hotel in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle. Your guide will share with you the haunting history of Sachsenhausen before leading you on a walking tour of the site.

Next, we'll head to Potsdam, crossing the famous 'Bridge of Spies', where you'll be mesmerized by the stunning beauty of the New Gardens, the Cecilienhof Palace, and the grandeur of the Sanssouci Palace - the heart and soul of Potsdam.

This tour can be tailored to any other requests you might have. At the end of the day, we'll bring you back to Berlin, dropping you off at your hotel.

On this private tour you will first visit the enchanting Sanssouci Palace, often compared to Versailles in France. It was here that King Frederick William IV died in 1861 in his armchair. The palace is surrounded by a stunning park with vineyards. Then explore the grim history of Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where you will be reminded of the prisoners' turbulent history during the World War II.

All this in the comfort of a private car with an English-speaking local driver who knows the area and will be happy to share information with you. You choose your own pick-up date and time for a hassle-free door-to-door transfer. Our driver is friendly and available at all times. If you have any requirements, just let us know and we will take care of everything. The driver will be happy to stop at any location for you to take perfect photos. We do this job with love every day and are able to provide you with a comfortable transfer to/from anywhere in Europe.

Our tour will force us to reflect on what happened in the 20th century, since the operation of this camp until 1945 almost completely covers the German Nazi period. Something that will surprise you is to know that this site was later transformed (in the period of the division of Germany from 1945) into the Special Camp No. 7 of the Soviet Military Administration.