We didn’t take the guided tour to Sachsenhausen concentration camp because it took all day.  We decided to find it by ourselves, in the late afternoon.  After we took the S-Bahn to the end of the line and waited 45 minutes for a train, we walked around the town of Sachsenhausen for an hour before finding a sign saying it was another 1.6 km down the road.  When we got there the guy at the information booth told us it closed in 10 minutes.  Oh No!  We didn’t see anything about prices so we walked in without looking back.  I didn’t hear any shouting so it probably didn’t cost anything.

Our one picture below is of the entrance gate.  It translates to “work frees.”  This particular camp was one of the first created (in 1936).  There were pictures of single murders, mass murders, and much more info spread throughout the buildings.  A memorial currently stands on the foundation of the crematorium.  It got dark after an hour – and being in a concentration camp after dark is not enjoyable – so we had to make our way back to the train station.  In the dark.  In a small German town.