Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Bus Tour in English from Berlin
Overview
Available languages
4 hours
Mobile ticket
Experience a profound and moving journey with this private, modern, air-conditioned bus tour to the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial. Accompanied by a professional, English-speaking guide, you’ll receive insightful commentary during the journey, providing essential historical context about the early years of the Nazi camp system.
Sachsenhausen, purpose-built in 1936, was the first concentration camp engineered to control and intimidate prisoners with chilling precision. Walk through the haunting remnants of this site and explore the old barracks, where the harrowing realities of daily life included forced labor, starvation, disease, torture, and death.
Visit the execution pit, a grim reminder of the unspeakable brutality endured by prisoners, where many were gassed, shot, or hanged by the SS guards. Continue through the small prison, pathology center, and infirmary, where inhumane experiments and murders took place, bearing witness to a dark chapter of human history.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Not recommended for individuals with limited mobility or walking impairments.
IMPORTANT: Please be at our meeting point 15 mins before tour departure time.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Return trip back to the centre of Berlin
Licensed guide trained by memorial authority
Group tour of Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial
Driver
Air-conditioned vehicle
€3.00 donation per person to the Sachsenhausen memorial
Entry into Sachsenhausen Memorial
Gratuities
Hotel pickup/drop off
Food and drinks- please bring snacks and a drink with you
What To Expect
Gedenkstatte und Museum Sachsenhausen
Meet us at Friedrichstrasse station, where you will board our hired coach to reach Oranienburg. Along the way, our guide will introduce Sachsenhausen, show you where the inmates would have worked in Oranienburg, and you'll learn more about what the local populations knew about the realities of the immense camp system. With our guide, you'll walk around the interior of Heinrich Himmmler's, new, modern always expandable Concentration camp. Visit the commandants house, then walk through tower A where the iconic words can still be seen on the gate today "ARBEIT MACHT FREI". Experience the interior of the camp, where 35,000 people died during the years of its operation between 1936-45. Explore the infirmary barracks, where experimentation took place during the war. Learn about the how Sachsenhausen was re-purposed by the Soviets as a special camp after the World War 2, where an additional 12,500 died after the war, and hear what life was like for the inmates during the years of 1945-1950. Once the tour has concluded you will be picked up and brought back to Berlin in an air-conditioned bus to our West meeting point at Friedrichstraße station, where our guide will be happy to answer any and all questions you may have about your stay in Berlin.
Options
SH by Bus 2025/26
Duration: 4 hours
Comfort air-con small bus
Reviews
1,718 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great tour
cynthiamK1369ON,
Nov 14, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Jamie G gave us an excellent tour of Sachsenhausen. I really appreciated his historical knowledge and the way he gave such a full history of the time period in a very memorable and conversational manner. The site is extremely intense to visit but very well done, and I’m very moved to have experienced it on this tour. Highly recommend Jamie G and this tour.
Incredible experience
lisadU5072WK,
Nov 14, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Jamie G was our tour guide on this tour. I was absolutely blown away with the knowledge he had and how he delivered it. You could spend days at the camp but he was able to ensure you saw the key areas without missing out on information.
Emotional but super interesting.
BIGBURNETT,
Nov 14, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Very moving and emotional tour, but our guide Jamie G was very friendly & had a vast knowledge & understanding of the events that took place at Sachsenhausen. Definitely recommend both the tour and guide.
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O216XVmichaelt,
Nov 14, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Really enjoyed Jamie G, best guided tour I’ve been on since being in Europe. Very informative on the bus out and back in but also giving a good amount of time to walk around for yourself at the camp.
Excellent tour guide!
johnkY6507HK,
Nov 14, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Jamie G. really was excellent, covering difficult material in a really well informed sensitive way, And able to tie heartbreaking details of the camp to the broad sweep of the historical era. Highly recommended!
Thought provoking but necessary
cahalt2025,
Nov 14, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00A truly sobering experience, but one that anyone visiting Berlin should partake in. Our guide Jamie G perfectly captured the tone required whilst also giving great insight throughout.
Very informative
emmabH6806II,
Nov 14, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great tour, good value and transport to the memorial was easy and smooth. Jamie G was very informative and had a lot of knowledge that was easy to follow. 10/10 recommend
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Bus Tour in English from Berlin
brianz2025,
Nov 14, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00My tour guide was Jamie G and I had a great time. It was a 4 hour round trip and he did an excellent job in giving us the tour and explaining all of the history that goes on.
A very professional & informative tour
mattsO5445HJ,
Nov 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Tina did a wonderful job with our tour. This is obviously an extremely difficult topic to talk and learn about, but she was very professional and informative. My wife and I certainly recommend it if you are in/near Berlin and have time.
Excellent and informative
Naomi M,
Nov 10, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Our tour guide Mikhail was excellent. He was very knowledgeable about the history and respectful due to the sensitive nature of the tour. My family was impressed by how he was able to educate us about the camp. A big thx to him!! Excellent and informative tour, despite the heavy emotions it can carry.
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