Capa-Haus, Historical building in Lindenau, Leipzig, Germany.
Capa-Haus is a late 19th-century residential building on Jahnallee 61 in Leipzig, with a facade that combines Jugendstil ornaments with Baroque and Renaissance details. A small exhibition room on the ground floor displays photographs and documents about the events that took place here in April 1945.
The building went up around 1900 and served for decades as a private residence with a cafe on the ground floor. In April 1945, street fighting broke out here as US soldiers entered Leipzig, and photographer Robert Capa was present to document it.
The building takes its name from war photographer Robert Capa, whose photos are displayed at the very spot where they were taken. Standing inside, visitors can look out from the same window Capa used to photograph the fighting below.
The exhibition room on the ground floor can be entered directly from the street without a prior booking. The building sits on Jahnallee, close to the Palmengarten, making it a natural stop on a walk through this part of Leipzig.
The American soldier Capa photographed in combat that day was killed shortly after the shot was taken. The photos therefore capture the final moments of a life in one of the last battles fought in Europe before the war ended.
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