Guard Tower “A”
Germany /
Brandenburg /
Oranienburg /
Street of the Nations * Str. der Nationen
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/ Germany
/ Brandenburg
/ Oranienburg
World / Germany / Brandenburg / Brandenburg
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.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 52°45'56"N 13°15'51"E
- Border Station - Customs 246 km
- Former U.S. Army - Askren Manor - Main gate with checkpoint - closed in 2014 370 km
- U.S. Army - Conn Barracks - Checkpoint Geldersheim - closed in 2014 372 km
- Сhеckpoint 490 km
- Former border crossing Bratislava-Berg 582 km
- Austrian border checkpoint 603 km
- Border crossing Bregana - Obrežje 790 km
- Border crossing Kelebija-Tompa 863 km
- Border crossing Nova Sela - Biljača 1119 km
- Border crossing Hani i Hotit - Bozhaj 1249 km
- Appellplatz (Roll Call area) and Boot-testing track
- Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial and Museum 0.2 km
- Brandenburg State Police Academy and College 0.3 km
- "special camp" (Sonderlager) 0.5 km
- Turm ErlebnisCity 1.9 km
- Schloss Platz 2.3 km
- Sanatoriums Grabowsee 3 km
- Farmers-Market Oberhavel 4.8 km
- Former Oranienburg airfield (Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke) 5.4 km
- Bernsteinsee 8 km
Appellplatz (Roll Call area) and Boot-testing track
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial and Museum
Brandenburg State Police Academy and College
"special camp" (Sonderlager)
Turm ErlebnisCity
Schloss Platz
Sanatoriums Grabowsee
Farmers-Market Oberhavel
Former Oranienburg airfield (Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke)
Bernsteinsee