NS-Dokumentationszentrum (Museum of the history of National Socialism in Cologne)
On this tour, learn about the history of Cologne's sports park – and find out more about its connection to persecution and crime: Inaugurated in September 1923, it was the largest German sports facility until the opening of the Berlin Olympic Stadium in 1936: sports festivals and international football matches with tens of thousands of visitors served as propaganda during the Nazi era, and Jewish club members were excluded.
In 1941, the Nazi rulers set up a camp complex just a few hundred metres north of the sports park. Here, thousands of Cologne residents persecuted for being Jewish were interned under terrible conditions – in preparation for subsequent deportations to the ghettos and extermination camps.
Today, a memorial commemorates the camp. However, discussions about the naming of sports facilities and streets still highlight the difficulty of dealing with history.
The tour begins and ends at the RheinEnergieStadion KVB station. The EL-DE House will not be visited.
Duration: 120 minutes | Group size: max. 20
Price all-inclusive: € 150 | reduced € 100 | weekend/holiday: plus € 20 | foreign language: plus € 20 | several groups: 2
Payment is only possible by invoice.
Dieses Angebot ist buchbar ab 07.04.2026
