Unveiling the Sachsenhausen Tour

The Tour of Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Berlin – Germany is one of the best for fans of historical and tragic events all around the globe. It gives some information about the sad pages of human history and the tragedian of holocausts and Nazi Germany. This live tour enables the visitor to get through the reconstructed camp and all the exhibits located on its territory, so this is not only a memorial but also a rather sad reminder of tragic events that happened at this place.

The Satisfaction of the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

Sachsenhausen was again constructed in the year 1936 and was one of the first camps which was set up by the Nazi. This site is situated in Sachsenhausen, near Berlin; it was an experimental camp and mainly functioned to detain political criminals. More than two hundred thousand people passed through Sachsenhausen during the camp’s lifetime; around thirty thousand of them died inside the barbed wire.

The structures erected, the planning and organization of the camp and the whole environment was aiming only at dehumanizing the prisoners. The tour is educative to the plight of the prisoners through the living conditions, ways in which they were punished and challenges they went through in the camp. They drive focus to the brave individuals who fell and compel a community into remembering those who suffered.

What Visitors Will Encounter on a Sachsenhausen Tour

The Sachsenhausen Tour provides a walking tour through various parts of this camp. The cultrist who serves as local guides also offer information related to some history of the camp and they also share some of their own experiences besides responding to the tourists’ possible queries in order to make tourists be informed. The tour usually takes almost 3-4 hours based on the amount of focus on the caravan area.

1. Entrance Gate and Appellplatz which can be literally translated as Roll Call Square.

Your tour many a time start at the entrance of the gate that says ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ – work makes you free. Here you will find information about the first stage of sorting prisoners when they arrived to camp. The guide will give a meaning to the Appellplatz, or Roll Call Square, where prisoners were counted for several times a day.

2. Main Camp Area

Then the tour continues through the main camp area: in front of you there will be various barracks and buildings. A part of the barracks has been restored to enable people to have an insight of living standards. You will also get the old kitchen, sick bay and the threatening prison cells. The guide will shed the light on everyday activities of the prisoners as well as the other forms of abuse that are given by the jailers.

3. The building complex of the Gollenborg called Executions Area and Crematorium

When the tour goes on, visitors get to the execution area where prisoners were given summary beating. The guide will also indicate how people were executed; hanging, shooting, choking/ suffocating. As well, one has to name the crematoriums where the bodies of people killed were disposed of, as another area that people can investigate and learn about the scale of the Nazi regimes’ cruelty.

4. Special Camp (Soviet Prisoners)

One of the typical components of the Sachsenhausen Tour is the so called “Special Camp” to which Soviet POWs were brought. This section of the camp was occupied after the second world war for imprisoning political dissidents of the Soviet Union. The guide will cover the after war utilization of the camp and the miserable experiences of the inmates in those other years.

How to Book a Tour and Some Helpful Travel Tricks

It is easy to book a Sachsenhausen Tour and many companies are there to provide package tours. While many tours originate in Berlin and visa versa visitors are taken to and from the site in most cases. It is recommended that one should make his/her appointment in advance to avoid Inconvenience in case of a jam-packed sports booking calendar.

Here are a few essential tips for visitors:

Avoid clothing that will make you uncomfortable since you will be walking for quite sometime.

You should take some bottled water and snacks as well, to keep you sufficiently hydrated all through the tour.

Obey the guide when he/she directs that certain behaviors are prohibited at the sacred place.

You should brace yourself to go through an emotionally difficult exercise. It is painful for residents myself included to learn about Sachsenhausen; nonetheless, understand that it’s essential to learn history to avoid repeating it.

Dress in casual attire because the tour will involve taking several walks and make sure shoes are comfy.

Arrange to carry some water and some food items which could help you in keeping your energy level high during the tour.

Pay attention to the prohibitions and obligations of the visiting site and adhere to the guide’s direction according to the required etiquette.

You should expect the entire process to be rather emotionally draining. It is not for the faint of heart, but Sachsenhausen does what all concentration camps must do: reveal the truth and make sure it does not happen again.

Conclusion

A visit to the Sachsenhausen Tour is a very important chance to remember the innocent people who suffered from the for the actions of Fascism and think of the outcomes of the intolerance and Discrimination. When I visited the site in Berlin Concentration Camp Memorial, there is a good feeling that what happened in this world is521 now known and those who perpetrated it dealt with.

This tour provides an opportunity for learning and promoting concern as well as undertaking an effort to ensure that something like this would never occur again. This reminds us to learn one from another, appreciate, be tolerant and be one for the betterment of our society.