Results Museums Oranienburg

SACHSENHAUSEN MEMORIAL AND CONCENTRATION CAMP

Museum
4.8/5
26 review
Closed - Open to 08h30 Opening hours

Go there and contact

Carte de l'emplacement de l'établissement
Straße der Nationen 22, Oranienburg, Germany
Show on map
Improve this page
2024
Recommended
2024

Former brewery converted into a place of remembrance because it was used to intern opponents of Hitler's regime.

The Sachsenhausen concentration camp was set up as early as 1936 - the year of the Berlin Olympic Games - to intern opponents of Hitler's regime, then known as the Schutzhäftlinge, those who were locked up as a "security measure". The first of them were mainly Communists or Democrats, to which were added over time the "anti-socials", homosexuals and Jews. In the autumn of 1941, tens of thousands of Soviet prisoners of war - about 13,000 - were murdered in Station Z (whose cynical name indicates that it was the last station) and many inhuman experiments were carried out on the detainees: one can thus discover with horror lampshades made of human flesh. In October 1942, Jewish prisoners from the camp were deported to Auschwitz. When the imminence of the fall of the regime was evident, the SS evacuated the camp with 33,000 inmates to the Baltic Sea, where they were to be shipped off and drowned. Nearly 1,000 of them died in this "death march" while the others were saved in extremis by the Allies. In the camp itself, 3,000 prisoners witnessed the liberation. But 300 of them did not survive the liberation and died as a result of their internment. The horror did not stop there: as soon as the German surrender took place, the Russian secret police returned to the camp to imprison the war prisoners and opponents of the communist regime. Searches uncovered 10,000 prisoners' bodies. In 1961, the partially restored camp was opened to the public as a memorial to the victims of the Nazi regime with the inscription "Arbeit macht frei" (Work makes you free), the macabre leitmotif found in all concentration camps. The large square directly after the entrance was used for the morning roll call and the execution of prisoners. On the ground, large rectangles filled with stones indicate the location of the various barracks. Two of them are now open at public : one has been turned into a museum and the other into a cinema in which a film on the history of the camp is shown every hour. Between 1936 and 1945, more than 200,000 people were detained in the Sachsenhausen camp.

The audioguide at the entrance to the memorial provides valuable information about the places you will visit inside the camp.

Did you know? This review was written by our professional authors.


Organize your trip with our partners Oranienburg
Transportation
Accommodation & stays
Services / On site

Book the Best Activities with Get Your Guide

Members' reviews on SACHSENHAUSEN MEMORIAL AND CONCENTRATION CAMP

4.8/5
26 reviews
Send a reply
Value for money
Service
Originality

The ratings and reviews below reflect the subjective opinions of members and not the opinion of The Little Witty.

You have already submitted a review for this establishment, it has been validated by the Petit Futé team. You have already submitted a review for this establishment, awaiting validation, you will receive an email as soon as it is validated.
Visited in april 2024
Local histórico, porém com poucas construções preservadas
Visited in april 2024
Ein tolles Museum über ein schreckliches Stück Geschichte
Visited in april 2024
Heel indrukwekkend! En goede gidsen lopen rond
Visited in april 2024
Museo gratuito, audio guida a soli due euro con diversi lingue, molto dettagliate le spiegazioni.
Visited in april 2024
Powerful, moving place. Very informative, detailed exhibits in a quiet, peaceful place of such gravity and history.

The site where tens of thousands of people - Jewish people, political prisoners, homosexuals, POWs and others - were callously worked to death and murdered. Exhibits and memorials are sited within the camp and its buildings.

Poignant reminder of the worst excesses of human fascist ideology. To see the crematoria ovens of the Holocaust with my own eyes was a sombre, chilling experience. We owe it to those who lost their lives to remember.

Find unique Stay Offers with our Partners

Send a reply