Opening Hours
Visitor Information Center
Daily from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
Outdoor Areas and Exhibitions
Summer (March 31 to October 26)
8:30 am to 6 pm
Winter (October 27 to March 30)
8:30 am to 4:30 pm
The memorial offersGuided Tours andWorkshops.
Audio Guides
Audio guides with which you can to explore the Memorial on your own, are available at the Visitor Information Centre. The hire fee is 3,50 Euro per device (the group rate is 2,50 Euro per device).
The audio guides are available in the following languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian.
There is a sufficient number of devices available. A reservation is not necessary.
Library
Tuesday to Thursday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and by appointment
Further information about the Archive, Library, Collection department and Media library
Prices
Admission to the Memorial and the Museums is free!
If you would like to book guided tours and workshops, please register at least four months in advance due to high demand.
Current information for bookings
Due to maintenance work on our booking system, we will be unable to accept or process any bookings until November 13, 2026. We appreciate your understanding!
Cancellations will only be processed in writing. Please send cancellations exclusively by email to besucherdienst@gedenkstaette-sachsenhausen.de
Fees for Guided Tours and Workshops
Group Tours
In German
Reduced fee (e.g., schools): 50 Euro
Full fee: 90 Euro
In a foreign language
Reduced fee (e.g., schools): 90 Euro
Full fee: 110 Euro
Workshops
In German
Reduced fee (e.g., schools): 75 Euro
Full fee: 140 Euro
In a foreign language
Reduced fee (e.g., schools): 110 Euro
Full fee: 160 Euro
Audio Guides
Single: 3,50 Euro
Group price (10 devices or more): 2,50 Euro
Travel information from Berlin-Centre
S-Bahn
- S-Bahn line S 1 (Wannsee - Oranienburg) to Oranienburg train station (Travel time from Berlin Friedrichstraße station 45 minutes, every 20 minutes).
Regional Trains
In case you are travelling with the regional train, please alight at Oranienburg station and not at Sachsenhausen station.
- Regional train RE 5 (direction Stralsund/Rostock - Neustrelitz - Wünsdorf-Waldstadt/Elsterwerda) to Oranienburg station (travel time from Berlin Main Station (Hauptbahnhof) 25 minutes, runs hourly).
- Regional train RB 12 (direction Templin) from Berlin-Ostkreuz and Berlin- Lichtenberg to Oranienburg Station (travel time 25 minutes, runs hourly).
- Regional train RB 32 (direction Oranienburg) from Berlin-Schönefeld and Berlin-Ostkreuz to Oranienburg Station.
- Regional train RB 20 from Potsdam to Oranienburg station (travel time 60 minutes, runs hourly)
Buses Departing in Front of Oranienburg Train Station
- Bus line 804 (hourly 8:19 etc., direction Malz, last bus 17:19) to the stop "Gedenkstätte".
- Bus line 821 (11:55, 13:55, 14:55, 15:43 and 17:00, direction Tiergarten) to the stop "Gedenkstätte".
Tickets at VBB rates, from Berlin-Hauptbahnhof or Berlin-Friedrichstraße zone "Berlin ABC"; from Berlin-Lichtenberg "Berlin BC". These tickets are also valid for the OVG bus lines in Oranienburg.
Alternatively the Memorial can be reached from Oranienburg train station in 20 minutes on foot.
Cars and Buses
From Berlin take the city motorway A 111 towards Hamburg; at the Oranienburg junction take the A 10 motorway (Berliner Ring) towards Prenzlau as far as the Birkenwerder exit; then take the B 96 to Oranienburg and follow the signs to the Memorial ("Gedenkstätte").
