The Burial Ground

The pamphlet / map I brought in the Visitor Centre says of the indicated area:

"Burial Ground with Ashes of Victims of the Concentration Camp

In 1996 and 2004, several trenches were discovered near to "Station Z" In them the SS had tipped ashes from the crematorium"

The heading of the museum sign by the "Burial Ground" reads:

"Here, in 1941, over 10,000 Soviet prisoners of war were murdered in a 'neck-shot facility' within the space of ten weeks"

840,000 erm...... over 10,000 Russian soldiers were killed in this manner at Sachsenhausen in one go erm..... in 10 weeks

Here's an enlargement of the English text on the above sign. This ridiculous story is exactly the same as the "Nazi in the closet" story at Buchenwald. 40,000 people, who believed they were being measured for their height, were shot dead by a Nazi in the closet.

Also, and the main Nuremberg trial, it was claimed that 840,000 Russian POWs were killed at Sachsenhausen in one go, then burnt in four portable ovens. It seems the death toll for this incident has been revised downwards by 830,000 or 98.81%.