The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, located in Oranienburg, Germany,
was one of the first Nazi concentration camps built during the Third
Reich. Operating from 1936 to 1945, it has left an indelible mark on
history. In this blog post, we will delve into the significance of the
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp and shed light on its historical context
and atrocious acts committed within its walls.

History and Background of the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

The Sachsenvhausen Concentration Camp was created by the SS (Schutzstaffel)

under Himmler’s direct order, and… It was established in 1936 and used as a model.

for other camps which were initiated at other times during the Nazi period. The camp’s location,

Inns near Berlin and made it suitable for holding political prisoners.

people whom they feared as rivals or as persons who could challenge their authority, political opponents, and even people perceived as enemies of the state.

This is how Nazi’s envisioned Germany to be and from the above description, it was evidently as they dreamt of it.

First, Sachsenhausen was opened for the purpose of a strict selection and a combat training of the SS guards.

but it developed into a functional concentration camp at some point.

Triangular in nature, the design provided the guards the perfect vantage point through which to keep a watch over the inmates.

and with the main entrance facing the prisoner’s side of the prison. This layout emphasized

this includes oppression and the forced control of SS.

Life Inside the Camp

Sustainable living conditions in the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp were defined by

horrendous and the worst forms of human suffering, oppression and violation of the dignity of other human beings. Prisoners were

forced to work, beaten, starved and treated medically.

experiments. The level of cruel remained very high in terms of day-to-day functioning

and the systematic elimination, programmatic genocide of persons considered unfit by the

Nazi regime.

The camp consist of several branches and sub branches: barracks; roll call areas; guard.

towers, and a crematorium. With the years passing Sachsenhausen became an essential

centre of the concentration camp system and became an important key in it.

Nazis’ genocidal endeavors.

This paper seeks to analyse and discuss the role that Sachsenhausen played in World War II.

Consequently, Sachsenhausen served not only as a prison and concentration camp for slave labor.

but also as the place where unhuman treatment was tried out on individuals before being rolled out to other area.

in other concentration camps. It became a model for the development of more sophisticated and complex type of age related diseases.

techniques of domination of the masses as well as the genocides.

Sachsenhausen was holding thousand of prisoners during the Second World War and comprised

of different religion, political affiliation, and ideological leaning. The camp played

extremely important position regarding the launching of the Nazis’ “Final Solution.”

that intended to remove Jews and other groups who were targeted by the regime.

To murders in mass, the camp employed gas chamber and crematorium to execute the process.

but the life they went on still echoing their stories.

This paper focuses on the remembrance of the victims and lessons learnt particularly in the case of the South African Social Relief of…..

I would like to emphasize on the Holocaust victims of the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

and the six million Jewish souls that perished during the Shoah. By educating

ourselves and others about the great sufferings occur at places such as

In Sachsenhausen, we work hard to ensure that such evil definitely never happen again.

Touring around the places that used to be concentration camps; as Sachsenhausen for instance may be a moving experience.

delightful and educating spectacle. These sites are-used in an attempt to remind people of the

past and the need should be placed on tolerance, understanding and accepting of one another.

for all individuals.

All in all, the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp as an evidence of concentration camp really reflects a significant memory of holocaust.

Image:serve as a testimony to the terrible inhumanity that was observed during the period of Nazi rule.

In this manner, having learned its importance and commemorating victims, we pay tribute.

survivors, and those who strive for a better world and establishing justice, kindness and understanding.