Never Again Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Tour
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Berlin
Explore the harrowing history of Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. Join our thought-provoking tour to ensure the past is never forgotten.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen - Our walk from the train station leads us to the visitors’ center, where detailed models of the camp elucidate the physical structures designed for control and the perpetuation of superiority over prisoners. Uncover the unsettling transformation of the former SS training camp into today’s Brandenburg police academy, a stark reminder of the site’s dark history.

Embark on an autonomous exploration of the prisoners’ barracks and the camp kitchen, where Neo-nazis denying the Holocaust have launched attacks. Uncover connections to the present, including the rise of the AfD, a German far-right group.

Finally, the infirmary unveils the depths of racism, control over women’s bodies, eugenics, and the unsettling truth of prisoners treated as lab rats for the career advancement of Nazi doctors. This profound journey challenges us to confront the past, understand the present, and strive for a future that rejects the atrocities of history.

What's Included
  • Donation for the memorial
What's Not Included
  • Snacks
  • Bottled water
  • Public Transport ticket (ABC zone)
Additional Information

This THOUGHT-PROVOKING, UNIQUE and ENGAGING tour, “Never Again,” has been created to help the visitors unravel the realities and nightmares of one of the darkest periods of modern history.

It’s time for a journey of consciousness, a pursuit of remembrance and change. There is not enough talk about what happened, we have to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

We will talk about the victims of this concentration camp and the Holocaust in general, and draw parallels to current events. The conversation is designed to challenge all of us.

Things to note:

The tour is meant for persons aged 13 or older. Each guide will be identified with a small yellow flag and our name! This tour involves a lot of walking.

Location
McDonald's
Hanne-Sobek-Platz
In the front entrance of McDonalds's. Guide will have a mini yellow flag. FOR THE ENGLISH TOUR: We take the 11:55 train. FOR THE FRENCH TOUR: We take the 12:55 train. Please purchase your ABC tickets before hand.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Julia_l
May 10, 2024
Definitely Worthwhile - I was on the fence about visiting Sachsenhausen but in the end I was really glad that I made the trip and used with this outfit. To be clear, this is not a dense, academic, scripted tour but still one that thoroughly explains Sachsenhausen's uniquely grim history as, first, the Nazi's "model" concentration camp, later a Soviet "special" camp and finally a pro-communist, anti-fascist propaganda tool. What I liked about and believe differentiates this tour, is that our guide Siobhán's knowledgable commentary was filtered through a progressive, feminist lens, connecting the past with the present. (It is not heavy handed, but if this is not your political slant, this might not be the tour for you.) Siobhán was very sensitive to the extraordinary brutality, suffering, and loss of life that took place at Sachsenhausen as well as the feelings of those who visit the site, and she imparted this deference to the group. That said, while she rightfully set a respectful tone, she also managed to insert an appropriate level of levity (if that is the right word?) at certain points, so that while the tour was certainly very sad and at times absolutely sickening, I left feeling educated-- better, not broken. I will also add that a few participants (including me) had travel snags, and the outfitter was very helpful, patient and communicative. All in all, it was a very positive experience that I would recommend to friends.
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