Shell House, Office and apartment building in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Shell House is an office and apartment building at the corner of Kampmannsgade and Nyropsgade in central Copenhagen. Its facade has deep-set windows and vertical ribs running up several floors, giving it a solid, layered look from the street.
During the German occupation of Denmark in World War II, the Gestapo used the building as its headquarters in the country. In March 1945, British aircraft carried out a targeted raid on it to destroy the occupying authority's base.
The name Shell House comes from the oil company that originally occupied the building before it was taken over during the German occupation. The name has stayed long after the company left, and today most people passing by know it simply as a landmark of wartime memory.
The building sits close to Vesterport station and is easy to reach on foot from the city center. It is an active office and residential building, so the interior is not open to visitors, but the facade and the nearby memorial can be seen from the street.
During the 1945 raid, a nearby Catholic nursery was accidentally hit, killing 86 children and 18 adults. A small memorial with engraved stone slabs marks the site of that tragedy, and many people walk past it without stopping.
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