Guard Tower “A”

Germany / Brandenburg / Oranienburg / Street of the Nations * Str. der Nationen
 gate, checkpoint, war memorial

The Main gate or Guard Tower “A”, with its 8mm Maxim machine gun, the type used by the Germans in the trenches of World War I, housed the offices of the camp administration. On the front entrance gates to Sachsenhausen is the infamous slogan Arbeit Macht Frei. About 200,000 people passed through Sachsenhausen between 1936 and 1945.
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Coordinates:   52°45'56"N   13°15'51"E
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