Vernichtung! in Sachsenhausen

2nd February 1945: Even as the Nazi camp system crumbles, the SS still have time to murder British Commandos

Scahsenhausen, established in 1936, had long been used to hold prominent and political prisoners.

Sachsenhausen concentration camp had operated since 1936, as punishment facility rather than an extermination site. About 30,000 people are believed to had died there from overwork, ill-treatment and malnutrition, although some were put to death by shooting,…