From Berlin: Sachsenhausen Memorial Tour with Coach Transport

Your tour begins at Friedrichstraße train station

Meet your guide on the square beside the Tränenpalast, or Palace of Tears. Board the air-conditioned coach and settle in for the journey north to Sachsenhausen Memorial outside Berlin.

Travel by coach to Sachsenhausen Memorial

Relax during the 50-minute drive as your licensed guide shares essential background about the Nazis' rise to power and the early concentration camp system. Drive through Oranienburg and see sites where inmates were forced to work.

Enter through the infamous Tower A

Walk beneath the iron gate bearing the chilling words "Arbeit Macht Frei" or "Work Sets You Free." Your guide explains how this was the first concentration camp designed from the ground up for maximum control and expansion.

Stand in the vast roll call square

Step into the Appellplatz, where prisoners were forced to stand for hours in all weather conditions. Your guide describes the brutal daily routines and harsh conditions faced by the over 200,000 people imprisoned here.

Visit the barracks where prisoners lived

Enter the stark Jewish barracks to understand the cramped, dehumanizing living conditions. Your guide shares stories of survival, dignity, and solidarity among inmates who helped one another endure the unendurable.