Visitor service
Contact and Information
Death March Memorial in Below Forest
Head of Charge: Friederike Gehrmann
Belower Damm 1
16909 Wittstock
Telephone: +49 (0)39925-2478
Telefax: +49 (0)39925-77835
below@gedenkstaette-sachsenhausen.de
Booking is required for guided tours and educational project work.
Please let us know if members of your family had to go on the death march, if you witnessed the death march in your town or village when you were a child or if you have any enquiries about content.
Opening times
The open-air exhibition and the historic site in the forest can be viewed at any time during daylight hours.
Texts in the whole exhibition are in both German and English. A French version of the texts is available as a handout, as are shorter texts in Danish and Dutch.
The office, information centre and bookshop are open Mondays to Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Prices
Admission is free. Guided tours cost € 15 to € 50 [per person], depending on group size. Project costs by arrangement.
Travel
To reach the Memorial by car or bus, leave the A 19 motorway at the Wittstock exit and follow the signs.
By train, it is unfortunately only possible to travel as far as Wittstock/Dosse station, which is 12 kilometres from the Memorial. If you get in touch with us we may be able to help you get to the Memorial.