Capa-Haus, Historical building in Lindenau, Leipzig, Germany.

Capa-Haus is a four-storey tenement building at Jahnallee 61 in Leipzig-Lindenau, erected in 1909–1910 in Reform Architecture style for the goldsmith Oskar Menzel jun. to plans by F. Otto Gerstenberger. Its ground floor, formerly the Café Eigler, has housed the Erinnerungsort Capa-Haus exhibition and meeting space since July 2023, while the upper floors belong to the Palmengarten-Palais complex.

Built in 1909–1910 as a tenement in Reform Architecture style for the goldsmith Oskar Menzel jun., to plans by F. Otto Gerstenberger, the house changed owners as early as 1914. On 18 April 1945 soldiers of the 2nd US Infantry Division took up position on the second floor to cover the storming of the neighbouring Zeppelin Bridge with a Browning .30 machine gun; Robert Capa photographed Raymond J. Bowman, who was killed there. The series appeared in Life on 14 May 1945.

The house is named after Robert Capa, who photographed US soldier Raymond J. Bowman's death here on 18 April 1945; the series ran in Life on 14 May 1945 without naming Bowman, whose identity was only established 67 years later. Since 1 July 2023 the former Café Eigler has housed the Erinnerungsort Capa-Haus, dedicated to Capa and his partner, photographer Gerda Taro.

The memorial site occupies the ground floor of Jahnallee 61, at the corner where the street opposite was renamed Capastraße in 2015 and Bowmanstraße in 2019. It is run by CAPA Culture gGmbH with the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig curating the permanent exhibition; the Capa-Haus initiative is a project partner. Look for the commemorative plaque for Raymond J. Bowman, designed by Harald Alff, on the facade.

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.