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NS Dokumentationszentrum - Gestapo Prison
Appellhofplatz 23-25
50667 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #3 of 34 attractions in Cologne
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Traveler Description: This old Nazi prison, preserved in its original state, is a terrifying reminder of the horrors of the Holocaust.
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Attraction type: Old jail
Address: Appellhofplatz 23-25 50667 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Tel: 0221 2212 6332
Fax: 0221 2212 5512

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“Fantastic underrated museum in Cologne, thank you Tripadvisor”
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5 of 5 stars
zeibars   1 contribution
London
Jan 4, 2009
2/2 found this review helpful

I had a couple hours to spare until my train and was searching for something to do when i read this website through a google search. Weird how it was not mentioned in my 2 excellent guidebooks, also in the website tripadvisor references to http://www.museenkoeln.de it is noted only in the german version NOT the english one! Enigmas aside i... more

“Museun plus old gestapo prison in colonia”
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5 of 5 stars
broken_tulips   3 contributions
Rome
Aug 26, 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

We stayed in a hotel just few steps ahead and found out this "museum" right on the place, just passing by to the centre. We stopped by and wanted just to have a look. After all we stayed there for two hours (the permanent exposition) and it was really worth it! It's very well done. If i knew german it'd... more

“This was an eye opening experience”
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5 of 5 stars
Pj6000   1 contribution
Melbourne, Australia
Mar 9, 2008
11/11 found this review helpful

My wife and I were in Cologne last June and decided to visit the museum. I had done a little research before we went and knew they had self-guided audio tours in English. The main reason we went to the museum was for the prison part of it. Having only done "a little research" I was largely unaware of the... more

“NEVER TO BE FOGOTTEN”
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4 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
DERBY.ENGLAND
Aug 22, 2004
8/11 found this review helpful

Well worth a visit. Hard to imagine what it was like during those dark years, for the people who were trapped. Forgotten then,but not forgotten now ! more

“absolutley awesome”
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5 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
phillipsburg,nj
Sep 18, 2003
6/22 found this review helpful

Yeah, it was completely awesome, i sweated every second of it. loved it, it was nuts,it was pretty sic. ahhhh. more

“Erlebbare Geschichte aus der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus”
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5 of 5 stars
NSDOK   1 contribution
Cologne, Germany
Mar 20, 2009

Besonders beeindruckt mich das ehemalige, vollständig original erhaltene Gefängnis der Gestapo. more

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NS Dokumentationszentrum - Gestapo Prison Address

Appellhofplatz 23-25, 50667 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Tel: 0221 2212 6332 Fax: 0221 2212 5512