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Bookmark or Share- Home | Gedenkstätte und Museum SachsenhausenIn the Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum there are thirteen smaller permanent exhibitions illuminating various aspects of the history of the place. The Memorial is a place of mourning and commemoration while at the same time fulfilling its mission as a modern museum of contemporary history.
- Sachsenhausen concentration camp - WikipediaSachsenhausen (German pronunciation: [zaksn̩ˈhaʊzn̩]) or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a German Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May later that year.
- Sachsenhausen | Holocaust, Concentration Camp, & Map | BritannicaSachsenhausen, one of the major Nazi German concentration camps, located at the edge of Oranienburg, 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Berlin. Sachsenhausen was established in 1936 as the northern German component of the system that would include Buchenwald (for central Germany) and Dachau (for southern Germany).
- Sachsenhausen | Holocaust EncyclopediaLocated near Oranienburg, north of Berlin, the Sachsenhausen camp opened on July 12, 1936, when the SS transferred 50 prisoners from the Esterwegen concentration camp to begin construction of the camp. The Nazi camp system expanded rapidly after the beginning of World War II in September 1939, as forced labor became important in war production.
- Sachsenhausen: Key Dates | Holocaust EncyclopediaKey dates in the history of the Sachsenhausen camp in the Nazi camp system, from its establishment in 1936 to the postwar trial of camp staff in 1947.
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