Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp..
Article about: Outside again now and this is a shot taken from roughly the centre of the camp, just in front of the Soviet Liberation Memorial looking back towards the main entrance. A look back along the
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Great Pics Adrian Thanks for sharing
Greg
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Hello Adrian,
Thanks for the pictures. I went to Sachsenhausen during 2009 and it can only be described as an experience. If you are visiting Berlin it should be on your agenda.
I found the mortuary very disturbing as well and was glad to get out of that building. If anybody is going to visit I would recommend that they read "Moonless Night" by Jimmy James (died 2008) who was there as a POW.
Does anybody have any knowledge of the Allied airman who was shot down (possibly from a Mosquito) who parachuted into Sachsenhausen camp, assaulted a guard and was promptly executed?
Another aspect that I found disturbing; You approach the camp via a straight road lined with houses which were previously camp guards accommodation. Some of these are within 15 feet of the entrance to the camp. These are now privately owned and clearly had families and children outside having bbqs etc. When a number of us left the camp we all found it very difficult to not be angry with them for their insensitivity (not sure if that's the correct word). They certainly had to be disturbed people to want to live that close!
Andy
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Most interesting thread, and Horrific imagoes Thank you for sharing these with us. Link to Wehrpass from Guard at Sachsenhausen camp from Jan-1945) https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/photo...y-guard-38808/
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Thank you for the comments guys.
Andy, haven't heard of the airman parachuting into the camp personally but I hope one of the other members has and can share some information on it.
I know what you mean about the proximity of residential housing to the camp. It was quite a surprise to get off the bus in a street full of houses and the suddenly be confronted with Sachsenhausen in front of you. I don't think we should judge the people who live there, there could be many reasons why they do and if I remember correctly there was a small industrial area close by so perhaps it is purely down to convenience. I do agree that it's not a place I would choose to live personally!
Justin, thank you for posting the link to your Wehrpass. As I said in my PM it is interesting on many levels, not least of all because of the V weapons link.
Looking for LDO marked EK2s and items relating to U-406.....
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Anyway, thank you Adrian for posting this. I truly feel like Ive personally taken the tour now. Good job at photographing all the key points of the tour. That height scale was enough to make the hair stand up on the back of my neck. The process of how things were carried out is just unimaginable. It makes you wonder if the man behind the wall with the gun was a willing participant or forced into duty in fear of his own life? Just goes to show that people act in different ways while in a group or crowd situation than they would if they were alone.
I have recently visited the Richmond Holocaust Museum, and even at a place that wasnt a previous concentration camp site.......you still leave those places with a chilling feeling and sadness of what those people endured. I am also very interested in the pilot who parachuted into the camp. I will have to do some searching
Last edited by Adrian; 03-08-2011 at 03:18 PM.
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