Gedenkstätte und Museum Sachsenhausen

Gedenkstätte und Museum Sachsenhausen is a museum in Oranienburg, Oberhavel, Brandenburg. Gedenkstätte und Museum Sachsenhausen is situated nearby to the museum Sachsenhausen concentration camp, as well as near Museum sowjetisches Speziallager Nr.¤7/Nr.¤1.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sachsenhausen concentration camp and Museum sowjetisches Speziallager Nr.¤7/Nr.¤1.

Sachsenhausen concentration camp

Museum

Photo: Greg Schechter, CC BY 2.0.

Sachsenhausen or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May. Sachsenhausen concentration camp is situated 110 metres northwest of Gedenkstätte und Museum Sachsenhausen.

Museum sowjetisches Speziallager Nr.¤7/Nr.¤1

Museum

Photo: K.schaetze, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Museum sowjetisches Speziallager Nr.¤7/Nr.¤1 is situated 520 metres northwest of Gedenkstätte und Museum Sachsenhausen.

Oranienburg station

Railway station

Photo: Global Fish, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Oranienburg is a railway station located in Oranienburg, Germany. The station was opened in 1877 is located on the Berlin Northern Railway and the now closed Nauen–Oranienburg railway and Oranienburg–Velten railway. Oranienburg station is situated 1½ km southwest of Gedenkstätte und Museum Sachsenhausen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sachsenhausen and Friedrichsthal, Oranienburg.

Sachsenhausen

Suburb

Photo: Hans G. Oberlack, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sachsenhausen is a district on the Havel River in the north of the town Oranienburg, 35 kilometres north of Berlin in Germany. As of December 2005, it had a population of 2,735. The district's name means 'Houses of the Saxons'.