EL-DE Haus

EL-DE Haus, officially the NS Documentation Center of the City of Cologne, located in Cologne, is the former headquarters of the Gestapo and now a museum documenting the Third Reich.

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Type: Heritage site
Description: Museum in Cologne, Germany
Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include NS Documentation Centre of the City of Cologne and Cologne Cathedral.

NS Documentation Centre of the City of Cologne

Museum

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The NS Documentation Centre of the City of Cologne was founded by a resolution passed by the Cologne city council on December 13, 1979, and has become the largest regional memorial site in all of Germany for the victims of the Nazis.

Cologne Cathedral

Church

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Cologne Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Cologne Cathedral is situated 570 metres east of EL-DE Haus.

Bibliothek des NS-Dokumentationszentrum

Library

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Bibliothek des NS-Dokumentationszentrum is a library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Klingelpütz and Belgian Quarter.

Klingelpütz

Locality

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Klingelpütz is a locality.

Belgian Quarter

Neighborhood

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The Belgian Quarter is an inner city district of Cologne, Germany. The name is derived from street names in the vicinity, referring to Belgian provinces or cities.