The Concentration camp was located in Oranienburg Germany as one of the first and largest concentration camp under the Nazi Third Reich. erected in 1936 it was mostly a model prison for the ss and later a crucial location for exercising repression and oppression over different groups under Nazi regime.

1. The Creation and Organization of Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

Sachsenhausen specialized in training other SS concentration camp personnel and it acted as a headquarters for organizing other concentration camp in Germany. At this camp complex, there was a series of additions over the years, which comprised of barracks, watch towers, offices, stores, various workshops among others.

The actual camp area was divided into different zones for enclosure of various categories of prisoners as per the Nazi sorting. These included mainly political prisoners, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, Jews and other recognized “undesirable” or the “enemy of the state.”

1.1 The Nature of Living Arrangements in Sachsenhausen

The primary mission of Sachsenhausen was to break the spirit of men, enslave them and use them for labor, brutalize them and conduct experiments on them. Members of society were oppressed and denied the most basic human rights including; being cramped in small spaces, fed poorly, exposed to illnesses and … humiliation and torture from the wardens.

1.2 Prisoner Classification and the Implementation of the Badge System

The inmates in Sachsenhausen camp were numbered and labeled using a badge system meant to help easy identification of the prisoners’ classification among the guards and other prisoners. These badges comprised different hues and logos for signifying the prisoner’s class. Prisoners who acted against the regime politically were given an red triangle, homosexuals got a pink triangle while Jews had a yellow one.

2. Historical significance of places and people who are imprisoned

Several important events took place in Sachsenhausen and many famous inmates were kept there. It was in this particular camp and in the absence of large scale extermination facilities, that Nazis trials of mass murder techniques that would be utilized in other concentration and extermination camps which included the use of gas chambers. Besides, Sachsenhausen participated in the systematic eradication of cultural products, for example, book burning as symbols of non-German culture.

Among the famous inmates of Sachsenhausen it is possible to name politicians and activists, people who fought against the Hitler’s regime, and people who were arrested because of their nationality or religion. Famous inmates included in the camp included Kurt Schumacher the later leader of the Social Democratic party of Germany and Georg Elser an attempted assassin of Adolf Hitler.

2.1 Death Marches and Liberation

Towards the end of the second World War the liberating Allied forces closed in and in an attempt to exterminate all the remaining occupants the Nazis had to vacate the camp, the prisoners were forced to endure the ‘death marches’ to other concentration camps. Sachsenhausen finally freed by the Soviet Army and tens of thousands inmates on April 22, 1945.

3. In order to approach Sachsenhausen as a Memorial Site the following questions will be addressed:

After liberation, it was converted into a Sovet special camp for political prisoners up to 1950 when it was closed down . Kew exploits have the memorial/museum function since 1961, which in its turn planned to acquaint the visitors with the tragedies of the Nazi period.

Some of its structures are historical remains that have being beautified while there are others in shape of exhibitions and archives that enable one to understand the past events and docket behind the camp and the prisoners therein.

3.1 The Vitality of Memorial Events

Sachsenhausen Memorial serves an important task on the representation of the victims of holocaust and World War II. It raises awareness of the effects hatred and intolerance, of isolation and dictatorship, and also, it sends a message of appreciation for equal rights, acceptance and respect for human beings.

3.2 War Travels to Sachsenhausen of Memorial

Indeed, there is much to see when visiting Sachsenhausen Memorial, equally to watch documentaries and take the time to discover the different exhibitions and join guided tours with theal guides that give more information about the camp. In case the site has been chosen as a result of a traged, it is important to remember to go there with a proper attitude in regard to the victims.

4. The Legacy of Sachsenhausen

Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp holds the evidence to one of the worst events in human history and the regimes of Nazi Germany. It is for this reason that such concentration camps as Sachsenhausen should be preserved and visited so that, perhaps, similar horrors will never be repeated again and the world becomes more tolerant and compassionate.