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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
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include NKVD special camp Nr. 7 and Oranienburg station.

Museum
Photo: K.schaetze, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a NKVD special camp that operated in Weesow until August 1945 and in from August 1945 until the spring of 1950. 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 station
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)
Open location code
9F4MQ787+P9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 34957261
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
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”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • 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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