Berlin: Sachsenhausen — The Camp That Built the Nazi System
Overview
MORE THAN A MEMORIAL VISIT: Half-day tours of Sachsenhausen are common. Specialist ones are not. We give you 3 hours on site with a WWII historian — long enough to cover what most tours rush, including the chapters most leave out entirely. The Soviet special camp that operated here until 1950.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE: You'll begin outside the camp at the SS Inspectorate, the building where the entire Nazi camp system was administered — Auschwitz, Dachau, Buchenwald, Ravensbrück. Most tours walk past that building. We start there.
You'll walk through Tower A gate, beneath the words "Arbeit Macht Frei", the shoe testing track where prisoners marched 40km daily. You'll stand at Station Z — the execution trench, the gas chamber, the crematorium. You'll see the Soviet special-camp memorial and hear the post-1945 story that almost no other tour tells.
What's Included
- All Fees and Taxes
- Snacks
Meeting Location
Alexanderpl. 7
10178 Berlin, Germany
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
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- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 7 travelers
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Activity code: C-105940P6
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CET).
- This tour requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
- All Fees and Taxes.
- Snacks.
The minimum age to participate is 10. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Berlin: Sachsenhausen — The Camp That Built the Nazi System is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Berlin: Sachsenhausen — The Camp That Built the Nazi System will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- All Fees and Taxes
- Snacks
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 7 travelers
