Oranienburg was a wwii Nazi concentration camp or Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp was located in Germany, 35 km in the north eastern region of Berlin. The camp was founded in 1936 and was in activity till it was liberated by Red Army in 1945. It is among one of the most infamous concentration camp during the phase of Nazis regime and now stands as a museum.
The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp was one of the instruments used by the Nazis in their campaign of oppression of the population. It was employed to hold people whom the Nazis considered their enemies, political dissidents and Jews as well as other minorities. It was also a training centre for SS officers, where the effectiveness of weapons, methods of torturing prisoners and new medical experiments was being tested.
Camp history, Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp of course was established in the year 1936 in summer time. It planned to house up to thirty thousand inmates and had several kinds of barrack and work-shops. The camp was divided into two sections: Some were for Political prisoners and other for camp prisoners.
At first, Sachsenhausen was utilised to detain the political enemies of the Nazi government. Later it was accepted for any kind of prisoners, Jews, Gypsies and other non-desired Slavic population. In 1940, the camp was enlarged to embrace a forced-labor camp for the Jewish prisoners and a separate women’s compound.
When the second World War begun, the Sachsenhausen became a training ground for the SS officers and the venue for testing new weapons, tactics of interrogation and medical experimentation. The camp was liberated by the Red Army in 1945 and the rest of prisoners was set free.
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp: Maps Of Lager And Its Environs
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp is in Oranienburg, Germany, about 35 kilometers to the north-east of Berlin. A camp where the entire research was done is located on a hill with a vantage view of the town. Today, it is a concentration camp and there is a museum and several monuments dedicated it and the victims that perished there.
Cruising the park and visiting Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
Sachsenhausen Museum and Memorial Site is opened every day, from 9:00 in the morning to 5:00 in the evening in summer (April – October) and from 10:00 in the morning4:00 in the evening in the winter (November – March) . Some places in the camp are explained through guided tours where visitors can self-guide. The camp also contains a museum with different exhibition and documentation about the history of camp.
Memorial of the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
Sachsenhausen is dedicated to the victims who died in the camp;(assertion). It mentions the places devoted to the memories of the persecuted by the Nazis, such as Jews and Romani people. The memorial also contains the stela dedicated to those who perished in gassings chambers and mass graves.
Conclusion
Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp are among the world’s horrible sites that remain as evidence of genocide in World War II. Today it has become an area where people go to pay respect to some suffers who perished there. It is thus possible to hire a guide or otherwise explore the site independently. The Sachsenhausen Memorial and the guides are good examples why people must never forget the past in order to prevent recurrence of such events.
