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 2023
Duration: 4 hours
Comfort air-con small bus
Reviews
1,347 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Sachsenhausen Tour
Jesse K,
Sep 8, 2025
- Viator
5.00Rafa was an exceptional and very knowledgeable guide for our tour. He provided such a detailed and broad perspective on such a difficult part of our history. Rafa also brings a level of passion, honesty and empathy that’s is truly unique - a true people person who provided a very fulfilling experience. Thank you.
Rebecca is a wonderful...
Ronald M,
Sep 7, 2025
- Viator
5.00Rebecca is a wonderful tour guide. She kept everyone entertained and educated during the hour long coach ride to the memorial site. Obviously, this type of tour is of a very delicate subject matter, for which Rebecca exhibited the correct amount of deference and respect for the memorial site as well as continuing to be extremely informative font of information I would have no hesitation booking a tour with Rebecca again..
Worth your time and money
Alison B,
Sep 6, 2025
- Viator
5.00Rebecca was an excellent, knowledgeable guide. She handled a heavy topic with reverence and grace. I highly recommend everyone experience this chapter in history.
We had a great experience...
Cynthia E,
Sep 4, 2025
- Viator
5.00We had a great experience with our guide Maria. She was very knowledgeable really made our tour a good experience for such a somber place.
Great tour... very...
Randolph F,
Sep 2, 2025
- Viator
5.00Great tour... very informative.. Hannah our guide was very knowledgeable, passionate and personable. It rained part of the time we were there, however, that did not hamper things too much. The whole experience was harrowing and somber but it's part of our history and we all need to need to be aware of. Puts a lot of things in perspective.
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