Sachsenhausen concentration camp

Sachsenhausen or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a Nazi concentration camp in , used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May.
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  • Opening hours: 8:30 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany (1936-1945)
  • Also known as: “camp Sachsenhausen”, “Gedenkstätte und Museum Sachsenhausen”, “KZ Sachsenhausen”, “Memorial Sachsenhausen”, “Sachsenhausen”, and “Saxonhausen Concentration Camp”
  • Address: Straße der Nationen 22, Oranienburg, 16515

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum sowjetisches Speziallager Nr.¤7/Nr.¤1 and Oranienburg station.

Museum
Photo: K.schaetze, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 410 metres northwest of Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

Railway station
Photo: Global Fish, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oranienburg is a railway station located in , . The station was opened in 1877 is located on the Berlin Northern Railway and the now closed Nauen–Oranienburg railway and Oranienburg–Velten railway. is situated 1½ km southwest of Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

Railway stop
Photo: Saxo, Public domain.
is a railway station in the district in the town of , located in the district in , . is situated 1 km northwest of Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sachsenhausen and Friedrichsthal, Oranienburg.

Suburb
Photo: Hans G. Oberlack, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a district on the River in the north of the town , 35 kilometres north of in . As of December 2005, it had a population of 2,735. The district's name means 'Houses of the Saxons'.

Suburb
Photo: Saxo, Public domain.
is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km north of Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

Village
Photo: Jumbo1435, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 4½ km east of Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

Sachsenhausen concentration camp

Latitude
52.76677° or 52° 46′ 0″ north
Longitude
13.2635° or 13° 15′ 49″ east
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
9F4MQ787+P9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 34957261
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
11185526
Wiki­data ID
Q154498
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Sachsenhausen concentration camp” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معسكر اعتقال زاكسنهاوزن”
  • Arabic: “معسكر اعتقال ساكسنهاوزن”
  • Armenian: “Զաքսենհաուզեն (համակենտրոնացման ճամբար)”
  • Armenian: “Զաքսենհաուզեն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Zaksenhauzen həbs düşərgəsi”
  • Basque: “Sachsenhausen”
  • Belarusian: “Заксенгаўзен”
  • Belarusian: “Заксенхаўзен”
  • Belarusian: “Заксэнгаўзэн”
  • Breton: “Sachsenhausen”
  • Bulgarian: “Заксенхаузен”
  • Bulgarian: “Захсенхаузен”
  • Catalan: “Camp de concentració de Sachsenhausen”
  • Catalan: “Museu i Memorial de Sachsenhausen”
  • Chinese: “萨克森豪森集中营”
  • Chinese: “薩克森豪森集中營”
  • Czech: “Koncentrační tábor Sachsenhausen”
  • Czech: “Sachsenhausen”
  • Danish: “Sachsenhausen koncentrationslejr”
  • Danish: “Sachsenhausen”
  • Dutch: “concentratiekamp Sachsenhausen”
  • Dutch: “kamp Sachenhausen”
  • Dutch: “Sachsenhausen”
  • Esperanto: “Koncentrejo Sachsenhausen”
  • Esperanto: “Sachsenhausen”
  • Estonian: “Sachsenhauseni koonduslaager”
  • Finnish: “Oranienburgin keskitysleiri”
  • Finnish: “Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg”
  • Finnish: “Sachsenhausen”
  • Finnish: “Sachsenhausenin keskitysleiri”
  • French: “Camp de concentration d’Oranienbourg-Sachsenhausen”
  • French: “Camp de concentration d’Oranienburg Sachsenhausen”
  • French: “Camp de concentration de Sachsenhausen”
  • French: “Oranienburg Sachsenhausen”
  • French: “Sachsenhausen”
  • Galician: “Campo de concentración de Sachsenhausen”
  • Galician: “Sachsenhausen”
  • German: “011”
  • German: “KL Sachsenhausen”
  • German: “Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen”
  • German: “KZ Sachsenhausen”
  • German: “Sachsenhausen”
  • Greek: “Στρατόπεδο συγκέντρωσης Ζάξενχαουζεν”
  • Hebrew: “זכסנהאוזן”
  • Hebrew: “זקסנהאוזן”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה ריכוז זקסנהאוזן”
  • Hindi: “ज़ाक्सनहाउज़न यातना शिविर”
  • Hindi: “ज़ाक्सनहाउज़न”
  • Hungarian: “sachsenhauseni koncentrációs tábor”
  • Indonesian: “Kamp konsentrasi Sachsenhausen”
  • Irish: “campa géibhinn Sachsenhausen”
  • Italian: “campo di concentramento di Sachsenhausen”
  • Italian: “Campo di concentramento di Sachsenhausen”
  • Italian: “Sachsenhausen”
  • Japanese: “ザクセンハウゼン”
  • Japanese: “ザクセンハウゼン強制収容所”
  • Kashubian: “Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg”
  • Korean: “작센하우젠 강제 수용소”
  • Latvian: “Zaksenhauzenas koncentrācijas nometne”
  • Latvian: “Zaksenhauzenes koncentrācijas nometne”
  • Lithuanian: “Zaksenhauzeno koncentracijos stovykla”
  • Luxembourgish: “KZ Sachsenhausen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “KZ Sachsenhausen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sachsenhausen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sachsenhausen”
  • Norwegian: “Sachsenhausen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Oranienburg-Sachsenhausen”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه کار اجباری زاکسن‌هاوزن”
  • Polish: “KL-Sachsenhausen”
  • Polish: “Sachsenhausen”
  • Portuguese: “campo de concentração de Sachsenhausen”
  • Portuguese: “Campo de concentração de Sachsenhausen”
  • Portuguese: “campo de Sachsenhausen”
  • Portuguese: “Sachsenhausen”
  • Romanian: “Lagărul de concentrare Sachsenhausen”
  • Russian: “Заксенхаузен (концентрационный лагерь)”
  • Russian: “Заксенхаузен”
  • Russian: “Концлагерь Заксенхаузен”
  • Serbian: “Koncentracioni logor Zahsenhauzen”
  • Serbian: “Концентрациони логор Захсенхаузен”
  • Serbian: “Логор Захсенхаузен”
  • Slovak: “Koncentračný tábor Sachsenhausen”
  • Slovak: “Sachsenhausen”
  • Slovenian: “011”
  • Slovenian: “Koncentracijsko taborišče Sachsenhausen”
  • Slovenian: “KZ Sachsenhausen”
  • Slovenian: “taborišče Sachsenhausen”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentracion de Sachsenhausen”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentración de Sachsenhausen”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentracion Sachsenhausen”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentración Sachsenhausen”
  • Spanish: “Sachsenhausen”
  • Swedish: “Koncentrationslägret Oranienburg”
  • Swedish: “Sachsenhausen”
  • Turkish: “Sachsenhausen toplama kampı”
  • Turkish: “Sachsenhausen Toplama Kampı”
  • Turkish: “Sachsenhausen”
  • Ukrainian: “Заксенгавзен”
  • Ukrainian: “Заксенгаузен”
  • Ukrainian: “концтабір «Заксенгаузен»”
  • Ukrainian: “Саксенгаузен”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Koncentraciske lěhwo Sachsenhausen”
  • Upper Sorbian: “KZ Sachsenhausen”
  • Urdu: “زاکسنہاوزن حراستی کیمپ”
  • Uzbek: “Zaksenxauzen”
  • Vietnamese: “Trại tập trung Sachsenhausen”
  • Western Frisian: “Konsintraasjekamp Sachsenhausen”
  • Western Frisian: “Sachsenhausen”

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