Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen
Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen
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hawkins186361
Oxford, UK220 contributions
June 2022
We travelled here by train which was easy enough from Berlin and then took taxi to camp although there were buses also. We didn't have a tour guide but I would highly recommend an Audio Guide (3 euros), you learn so much more. Very large so lots of walking to do to cover whole of camp, could easily take all day if you read all information. Unforgetable experience and highly recommended.
Written 12 June 2022
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tosl
Jersey City, NJ958 contributions
Apr 2022
My 13-year-old daughters, simply put, were overwhelmed. I have never seen them so engrossed and engaged at a historical site. Although there are massive amounts of material to view and read, they went on their own and explored, spending hours wandering the camp. Once a child can understand this time in history, it is essential that they are given the opportunity to visit. Chilling, powerful and unforgettable to say the least,
Written 19 April 2022
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voronUK
uk109 contributions
Dec 2012 • Solo
Very few people will think 'Xmas Eve in Berlin - I'll visit a concentration camp.' But is it any less troubling to walk round Sachsenhausen on a beautiful spring day ? For most of the five hours I was there I had the place to myself, just the echo of my boots crunching in the snow, the carrion birds in the forests surrounding the camp and a white mist skimming the ground. The museum and guided tours are thoroughly good things and deserve our support, but if they're not available on the only day you have, make sure that the main site's open and come anyway. Walk behind the reception building at the bus stop, turn left, walk the length of the wall and turn left again. The forest to your left is strewn with memorials, every one worth your time. My personal focus was the memorial to the Allied commandos murdered here near the very end of the war, but I found myself reading everything. Particularly moving was the fallen cross carved from a standing slab.
Once you've digested these, straight ahead is a low white building and the gates that say 'Arbeit Macht Frei.' Walk between them and the camp opens out ahead of you.
It feels wrong to 'recommend' particular parts of this camp. The exhibitions make excellent hinge points for a tour; a guided tour is better, but do walk the whole site if possible, apart from everyone else. I wasn't struck by fear or horror or hatred of the Germans - in which other country could you expect to find this level of genuine repentance for others' crimes ? - but rather by how ordinary humans are more capable of going along with, organising, finessing and even enjoying cold-blooded slaughter than we like to imagine. Take a look at the mass grave where thousands were murdered one by one in a matter of weeks, and at the adjacent crematoria. Take a walk, as a free man, down into the pit where resistance fighters were hanged or shot by firing squad and share the last view these men had, back up the trench to where the firing squad stood. There's a simple logistical reason for the door behind them. Walk the circuit of the wall, stopping at the memorials erected by different nations and groups, and realise just how far one puny little man can hurl his rage when we stand by and let him. I don't think I'm alone in being grateful to the Germans who keep this place as a permanent reminder of our ability to shrug at great evil.
Of course, once you've seen enough and digested the evils that took place here you're free to leave. There's a turnstile on the far side of the camp, or you can avail yourself of a freedom the inmates never enjoyed and walk right between those black iron gates to whatever comforts Berlin is offering you.
Practicalities, as we must. I took the S1 train from Potsdamer Platz direct to Oranienburg station (runs roughly every 20 minutes; 40 minutes or so; zones ABC ticket) then followed the brown signs from the station to the entrance in another 20-30 minute walk. If you'd rather save your energy for the walk round the camp bus 804 goes from Oranienburg station straight to the entrance, every hour when I was there. Opening times are posted on the website.
Once you've digested these, straight ahead is a low white building and the gates that say 'Arbeit Macht Frei.' Walk between them and the camp opens out ahead of you.
It feels wrong to 'recommend' particular parts of this camp. The exhibitions make excellent hinge points for a tour; a guided tour is better, but do walk the whole site if possible, apart from everyone else. I wasn't struck by fear or horror or hatred of the Germans - in which other country could you expect to find this level of genuine repentance for others' crimes ? - but rather by how ordinary humans are more capable of going along with, organising, finessing and even enjoying cold-blooded slaughter than we like to imagine. Take a look at the mass grave where thousands were murdered one by one in a matter of weeks, and at the adjacent crematoria. Take a walk, as a free man, down into the pit where resistance fighters were hanged or shot by firing squad and share the last view these men had, back up the trench to where the firing squad stood. There's a simple logistical reason for the door behind them. Walk the circuit of the wall, stopping at the memorials erected by different nations and groups, and realise just how far one puny little man can hurl his rage when we stand by and let him. I don't think I'm alone in being grateful to the Germans who keep this place as a permanent reminder of our ability to shrug at great evil.
Of course, once you've seen enough and digested the evils that took place here you're free to leave. There's a turnstile on the far side of the camp, or you can avail yourself of a freedom the inmates never enjoyed and walk right between those black iron gates to whatever comforts Berlin is offering you.
Practicalities, as we must. I took the S1 train from Potsdamer Platz direct to Oranienburg station (runs roughly every 20 minutes; 40 minutes or so; zones ABC ticket) then followed the brown signs from the station to the entrance in another 20-30 minute walk. If you'd rather save your energy for the walk round the camp bus 804 goes from Oranienburg station straight to the entrance, every hour when I was there. Opening times are posted on the website.
Written 21 April 2013
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Mikeyde1989
Melbourne, Australia89 contributions
Oct 2019 • Couples
The concentration camp is a worthwhile visit if you’re eager to learn about the distraught that occurred up close and personal.
From Berlin it’s a 45 minute train ride, only costs about €8 with an “A,B,C” ticket. You must get a guided tour though as the camp is enormous and is mostly ruins. Without a guide, it would be very difficult to appreciate the details behind each area.
You can purchase an audio book whilst over there but again a guide is worth it. The Sandemans tour is €16 and comes highly regarded.
A few food options close to the train station when you’re finished as well, about 20 minutes from the camp.
From Berlin it’s a 45 minute train ride, only costs about €8 with an “A,B,C” ticket. You must get a guided tour though as the camp is enormous and is mostly ruins. Without a guide, it would be very difficult to appreciate the details behind each area.
You can purchase an audio book whilst over there but again a guide is worth it. The Sandemans tour is €16 and comes highly regarded.
A few food options close to the train station when you’re finished as well, about 20 minutes from the camp.
Written 1 October 2019
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Flavia Sanfilippo
9 contributions
Nov 2019 • Couples
Really touching and it makes you think about the terrible things happened during that time. The tour is quite long and everything is outdoor. You can take the audio guide and we highly recommend it cause you understand better everything you visit.
The camp is free of charge and you pay only the audio guide and the map (3€) .
The location is a little bit out of the city centre but you can easily reach it with the means of transport.
The camp is free of charge and you pay only the audio guide and the map (3€) .
The location is a little bit out of the city centre but you can easily reach it with the means of transport.
Written 29 November 2019
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daddymac2015
Pembrokeshire, UK8 contributions
Mar 2019 • Friends
The camp is easy to get to on the excellent Berlin public transport infrastructure. We paid 7 Euros for a day ticket which covers all forms of transport. A bit of a hike from the station to the camp but we split a cab with another Brit'couple and for four people, the total cab fare was 6 Euros!
I visited Krakow last year and went to both Auschwitz and the Oscar Shindler museum. Seeing the two was a harrowing although very meaningful experience. Likewise, visiting the Berlin Sachsenhausen site after seeing the Stasi Museum (also well worth seeing) really brought the Poland trip into perspective.
The Memorial and Museum is, in my opinion, very cleverly done. The exhibits follow a timeline from 1933 through 1989 (Fall of the wall) and there are some very interesting and meaningful items and testimonies which really do bring home the horrors, not only of the final solution, but equally importantly, that Sachsenhausen was actually the prototype concentration camp. Some of the exhibits are inspiring, some are downright blood curdling. I am a 56 year old man, but some of the images and evidence at the camp reduced me to tears.
Given that the camp is in what was East Germany, the displays are remarkably candid about Soviet inspired nastiness after the Poles had liberated the camp in 1945 and what came after.
I hate using film quotes, but one came to mind here. It's from the film "Fury"...."Have you seen it?............what a man con do to another man".
This place is unassuming, not overstated and leaves one to ponder. The staff were extremely knowledgeable, polite and helpful. I found the experience to be both awful and inspiring.
I grew up with parents who had lived through the London Blitz and have family members who served in WWII. Maybe that is why this visit so affected me, but I cannot recommend a visit to the Memorial and Museum highly enough.
The Memorial and Museum are no Disneyland experience. The whole visit felt very real and very relevant.
I have read reviews that downgrade the attraction because it is upsetting. I'm sorry but that is the point. It should be upsetting!
I visited Krakow last year and went to both Auschwitz and the Oscar Shindler museum. Seeing the two was a harrowing although very meaningful experience. Likewise, visiting the Berlin Sachsenhausen site after seeing the Stasi Museum (also well worth seeing) really brought the Poland trip into perspective.
The Memorial and Museum is, in my opinion, very cleverly done. The exhibits follow a timeline from 1933 through 1989 (Fall of the wall) and there are some very interesting and meaningful items and testimonies which really do bring home the horrors, not only of the final solution, but equally importantly, that Sachsenhausen was actually the prototype concentration camp. Some of the exhibits are inspiring, some are downright blood curdling. I am a 56 year old man, but some of the images and evidence at the camp reduced me to tears.
Given that the camp is in what was East Germany, the displays are remarkably candid about Soviet inspired nastiness after the Poles had liberated the camp in 1945 and what came after.
I hate using film quotes, but one came to mind here. It's from the film "Fury"...."Have you seen it?............what a man con do to another man".
This place is unassuming, not overstated and leaves one to ponder. The staff were extremely knowledgeable, polite and helpful. I found the experience to be both awful and inspiring.
I grew up with parents who had lived through the London Blitz and have family members who served in WWII. Maybe that is why this visit so affected me, but I cannot recommend a visit to the Memorial and Museum highly enough.
The Memorial and Museum are no Disneyland experience. The whole visit felt very real and very relevant.
I have read reviews that downgrade the attraction because it is upsetting. I'm sorry but that is the point. It should be upsetting!
Written 19 March 2019
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DeliciousDelilah
Ferryside, UK246 contributions
Nov 2018 • Friends
Do visit this memorial before entering the camp as it will put what you see later in context, and you will learn how the twisted politics of the era came to create such a place. You will see prisoner created artworks, scale models of the camp, pictures and other items showing life in the camp. This is very well done, and also respectful of the events. You may wish to read a review that I gave to the camp at the same time under the title 'If we forget this lesson from history, we are condemned to repeat it' Please do not take 'selfies' in the camp (I shouldn't need to say this)
Written 6 November 2018
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sunidaze
rotherham south yorkshire165 contributions
Feb 2013 • Couples
My husband and myself travelled independently from the Hackescher mkt to Sachsenhausen concentration camp ... The first thing that i noticed was the absolute silence.. It was a cold snowy day when we arrived , the lady at reception gave us audio phones in English which were invaluable in explaining various points of the camp ... There are a number of buildings that you can go into and see artefacts left from the hell that these poor people had to endure such as striped suits they had to wear , the gibbet which was used to hang inmates.. operating facilities and much more .... It is not a place that you could praise as an attraction ... absolutely not, but it is somewhere that you should visit and not forget that somewhere in the human nature there is a dark place where cruelty and evil exist and that we must never stoop to those depths again.
Written 11 February 2013
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Estuardo Santillan
Riverside, CA164 contributions
Aug 2019
This tour as I have indicated before... was horrific in a sense of the atrocities that happened not even 80 years ago... a completely eye opener... once thing is to read about... and even though none of us experienced it… another thing is to be on the "field" where this horrible events took place...
Written 24 November 2019
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peachkoblerpie
Wenonah, NJ1,156 contributions
Aug 2019
Our tour guide was very good. Told us information we didn't know like using the prisoners to test shoes for shoe co. in a very abusive way of course. Also the counterfeit money(Lbs.) story. The camp is quite large and there is much to see. I became overwhelmed a few times. Can be and should be emotional. I would recommend.
Written 18 November 2019
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Bonjour,
Quels sont les jours de visite pour août 2016 ?
Merci pour votre réponse.
Written 25 June 2016
Opening times:
- March 15th until October 14th: daily between 8:30am - 6:00pm
- Oktober 15th until March 14th: daily between 8:30am - 4:30pm
During the winter season, the museums are closed on Mondays.
The Visitor Information Centre, the open-air exhibition, "Murder and Mass Murder in Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp" and the site of commemoration "Station Z", are open to the public every day..
Please note, that dogs are not permitted within the memorial grounds.
Archive and Library: Tuesday - Friday 9:00am - 4:30pm
Visitor Service: Mondays to Fridays 8:00am - 4:30pm
Exhibition in the T-Building "The administrative Centre of Concentration Camp Terror" :
- Mondays to Fridays 8:00am - 6:00pm
- Saturdays and Sundays 10:00am - 4:00pm
Written 26 June 2016
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