NS Documentation Centre of the City of Cologne, Documentation center and museum in Altstadt-Nord, Germany.
The NS Documentation Centre occupies the EL-DE House building, featuring exhibition spaces across multiple floors and a preserved prison facility in the basement.
The building served as Gestapo headquarters from 1935 to 1945, where numerous interrogations and detentions occurred during the National Socialist period.
The center maintains over 1,800 wall inscriptions left by prisoners, providing direct evidence of the experiences during the National Socialist era.
Visitors can access the center Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM and weekends from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, with guided tours available.
The facility houses extensive research archives containing documents, photographs, and materials related to Cologne's National Socialist period.
Location: Altstadt-Nord
Inception: June 11, 1987
Architects: Peter Kulka
Official opening: September 19, 1988
Opening Hours: Martes-Viernes 10:00-18:00,Sábado-Domingo 11:00-18:00
Website: http://museenkoeln.de/ns-dokumentationszentrum
GPS coordinates: 50.94056,6.95024
Latest update: March 6, 2025 07:15
This collection brings together monuments, museums, neighborhoods and tourist attractions considered essential in Cologne, the fourth largest city in Germany. From the gothic cathedral to historic districts, art museums and cultural sites, this selection presents real points of interest that form the architectural, cultural and tourist heritage of this centuries-old Rhine city.
Der Goldene Vogel
83 m
EL-DE Haus
37 m
Cologne’s Municipal Museum
60 m
St. Maria in der Kupfergasse
50 m
Römerturm
257 m
WDR-Arkaden Köln
216 m
Verwaltungsgericht Köln
101 m
Zeughaus
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Vierscheibenhaus
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Monastery of St. Clara
251 m
St. Maria ad Ortum
244 m
Am Römerturm 3
210 m
Justizgebäude am Appellhofplatz
89 m
Denkmal für Deserteure und Opfer der NS-Militärjustiz
62 m
Palais Eduard von Oppenheim
178 m
Besteckmuseum Glaub
137 m
Alte Wache (Köln)
83 m
Cellitinnenkloster Klein-Nazareth
212 m
Zeughausstraße 2a
106 m
NS-Dokumentationszentrum der Stadt Köln, Bibliothek
10 m
Römerbrunnen
110 m
Monument Tongern in Cologne
163 m
Kölnisches Stadtmuseum, Bibliothek
85 m
Wasserstele
148 m
Lysolphturm (Köln)
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IHK-Gebäude Unter Sachsenhausen 10–26, Köln
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Appellhofplatz 1a
92 m
Amazone
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