Half-day tour from Berlin to Sachsenhausen concentration camp

Half-day tour from Berlin to Sachsenhausen concentration camp

Your day will begin with a personal pickup by your English-speaking driver at your hotel or apartment in Berlin. After a short 1-hour drive, you will arrive at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, the concentration camp where thousands of innocent Jews were brutally executed by the Gestapo, Nazi Germany's secret police. The Sachsenhausen concentration camp was built a few years before the Second World War began. Located 35 km from the capital Berlin, it was a training center for Schutzstaffel officers. During the first years of the camp's existence, people were executed in ditches, either by hanging or by shooting. However, the later invention of the gas chambers provided the means to kill even larger groups of prisoners. In the end, some 30,000 people were executed at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, most of whom were innocent Jews. As you walk the paths of this vast concentration camp, you will learn about the tragic history of the Jewish nation, as well as the atrocities committed by the Nazis during World War II. Not only will you understand what daily life was like in the concentration camp, but you will also have the opportunity to see the location of the execution sites. Learning about the dark human history at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp will be a shocking experience you will never forget. Once you've seen and experienced the most, your driver will pick you up and return you to your accommodation, concluding the 'Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Half-Day Trip' with a welcome.