EL-DE Haus

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  • Address
    Appellhofplatz 23-25
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  • Phone
    2212 6332

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Lonely Planet review

Cologne's Third Reich history is poignantly documented in the EL-DE Haus, which takes its curious name from its builder Leopold Dahmen. In 1935 it became the local Gestapo prison where scores of people were interrogated, tortured and killed. Inscriptions on the basement cell walls offer a gut-wrenching record of the emotional and physical pain endured by inmates.