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Columbia-Haus concentration camp

Closed 1936Low
Verified 29 May 2026
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  • Berlin, Kaserne des Garde-Kürassier-Regiments und Militär-Arrest-Gebäude, Ansichtskarte.jpg

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

  • Gedenktafel Columbiadamm 71 (Templ) Columbiahaus.jpg

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

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

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

  • Gedenktafel Platz der Luftbrücke 5 (Temph) KZ Columbia.jpg

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

  • Gedenktafel Tempelhofer Feld (Temph) Geschichtspfad Tempelhofer Feld-Columbia Haus (cropped 1).jpg

    Photo by Unknown via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • Gedenktafel Tempelhofer Feld (Temph) Geschichtspfad Tempelhofer Feld-Columbia Haus (cropped 2).jpg

    Photo by Unknown via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • Gedenktafel Tempelhofer Feld (Temph) Geschichtspfad Tempelhofer Feld-Columbia Haus (cropped 3).jpg

    Photo by Unknown via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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

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

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

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1934

Closed 1936

Facility profile

Operator

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1934

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Security level

Death-row facility

No

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16%

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