Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Tour

Your expert guide will provide a fascinating insight on life as a prisoner – and how some were able to survive – using real witness accounts and historical research.

The Story of Sachsenhausen

• Learn the harrowing story of the tens of thousands of people who perished here at the hands of the Nazis
• Find out how Sachsenhausen became the headquarters of the concentration camp system, and training ground of the SS.
• Once the Nazis were defeated it was used by the Soviets as a camp for their own enemies, and thousands more lives were lost here.
• Visit the barracks where many Jewish prisoners were sent to the camp and learn how the conditions became even worse in 1939.
• Hear details of the excruciating medical experiments that some prisoners were subjected to
• See the tunnel dug by British POW “Jimmy” James and others in their attempt to escape.