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Sachsenhausen Memorial
The memorial and museum at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, north of Berlin, a sobering half-day trip.
- Open
- Every day; some exhibitions close on Mondays in winter
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Strasse der Nationen 22, 16515 OranienburgDirections
- Getting There
- S-Bahn S1 or a regional train to Oranienburg, about 45 minutes, then a 20-minute walk.
Why Go
Opened in 1936, the camp held more than 200,000 prisoners, and tens of thousands died there. Barracks, the prison block and the execution trench remain, with exhibitions.
The Soviets used it as a camp again after the war, and that history is told too.
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