Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp with French Speaking Tour Guide

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Tower A in Sachsenhausen Camp Memorial — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp with French Speaking Tour Guide, photo 2 — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

Visit the former Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial with a certified professional guide. This French-language tour from Berlin, developed by Vive Berlin Tours, offers a powerful insight into one of the first Nazi camps, built in 1936 to imprison political opponents, Jews, Roma, and others. Learn about the daily life of prisoners, the SS training system, forced labor, medical experiments, and the camp’s role in Nazi propaganda. You'll see the Appellplatz, barracks 38 and 39, the former kitchen, infirmary, and the remains of Station Z (gas chamber and crematorium). The tour also addresses the site's use under Soviet occupation. Your guide will share survivor testimonies and historical context to help you understand this key site of Nazi repression and today’s work of remembrance. The guided visit at the Memorial itself lasts about 3 hours.

A fee of 3€ is collected at the beginning of the tour. This is a donation for the memorial.

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At a glance

Duration: 6 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 25 people
People per booking: 1–9
Guide: French
Operated by: Vive Berlin Tours

Ages: Children (0–12 years) · Youth (13–17 years) · Adults (18–99 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Guide in french

Not included

Not included: A valid day ticket for public transport covering zones ABC is required.
Not included: Lunch
Not included: Admission fees: A donation for the Memorial of 3 € will be collected by the guide.

Itinerary

Potsdamer Platz

10 min

The tour with an French guide starts at the meeting point of Potsdamer Platz no. 10 (S/U-Bahn Potsdamer Platz). We take from there a train to the city of Oranienburg. You will need a ticket for the zones ABC.
Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen

3 hours

The visit to the former Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp begins at the Memorial entrance, where we learn about its role as a model camp in the Nazi system. We continue to the former SS Officers’ Casino, a stark contrast to the prisoners’ reality. Through Tower A, the main gate, we see how the camp’s layout enforced total control. On the Roll Call Square, we hear about the long, punishing daily roll calls. In Barracks 38 and 39, we learn about the persecution of Jewish prisoners. The former camp kitchen, now a museum, shows documents and testimonies about forced labor and daily life. At the ruins of Station Z, the site of the gas chamber and crematoria, we confront the camp’s function as a place of extermination. The tour ends at the infirmary and pathology lab, where medical experiments and abuse were carried out.
Oranienburg

50 min

From the train station of Oranienburg, your guide take you back to Berlin.

Meeting point and pickup

Everyone meets at the meeting point.

Meeting point

The meeting point is located at Potsdamer Platz No. 10, on the corner of Gabriele-Tergit-Promenade. We recommend arriving at least 20 minutes in advance.

End point

The meeting point is located at Potsdamer Platz No. 10, on the corner of Gabriele-Tergit-Promenade. We recommend arriving at least 20 minutes in advance.