Columbia-Haus concentration camp

Concentration campClosed 1936High

Verified 16 Jun 2026

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Sources last reviewed on 16 Jun 2026

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Operational period: 1934–1936.

Background

Columbia concentration camp (also known as Columbia-Haus) was a Nazi concentration camp situated in the Tempelhof area of Berlin. It was one of the first such institutions established by the regime.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1934

Closed 1936

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Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1934

Region

Berlin

Security level

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Death-row facility

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Notable inmates

Louis Müldner von Mülnheim
1876–1945 · military personnel
Else Megelin
1905–1986 · politician
Kurt von Ruffin
1901–1996 · singer
Kurt von Ruffin (28 September 1901 â 17 November 1996) was a German actor and opera singer who was imprisoned by the Nazis for the crime of homosexuality.
Rudolf Schwarz
1904–1934 · editing staff
Rudolf (Rudi) Schwarz (3 March 1904 â 1 February 1934) was a German Communist Party activist who after 1933 became an anti-government activist.
Walter Molle
1909 · joiner
Georg Benjamin
1895–1942 · physician
Kurt von Ruffin
1901–1996 · singer
Kurt von Ruffin (28 September 1901 â 17 November 1996) was a German actor and opera singer who was imprisoned by the Nazis for the crime of homosexuality.
Otto Schieritz
1889–1945 · resistance fighter
Franz Jacob
1906–1944 · politician
Franz Jacob (9 August 1906 â 18 September 1944) was an activist and a Communist politician who participated in the German Resistance against the Nazis.

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

Official site

Conditions Risk Score

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Data completeness

28%

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Sources

EHRI Authority Record
Wikidata entity
Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
EHRI Authority List of Camps and Ghettos / USHMM Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos — European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) / United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)
Wikidata (Q321525)
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Commons
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APA

World Prisons. (2026). Columbia-Haus concentration camp. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/columbia-haus-concentration-camp

Chicago

"Columbia-Haus concentration camp." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/columbia-haus-concentration-camp.

BibTeX

@misc{worldprisons-columbia-haus-concentration,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Columbia-Haus concentration camp},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/columbia-haus-concentration-camp},
  urldate = {2026-07-21}
}

Gallery

From Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA where not otherwise stated).

Photo by Unknown authorUnknown author via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Photo by OTFW, Berlin via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Gedenktafel Platz der LuftbrÃ¼cke 5 (Temph) KZ Columbia (cropped).jpg

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Gedenktafel Tempelhofer Feld (Temph) Geschichtspfad Tempelhofer Feld-Columbia Haus.jpg

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@misc{worldprisons-columbia-haus-concentration, author = {{World Prisons}}, title = {Columbia-Haus concentration camp}, year = {2026}, url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/columbia-haus-concentration-camp}, urldate = {2026-07-21} }