Capa House

Lehman Riggs, an American veteran who was eyewitness to the death of his comrade Raymond Bowman, attended the renaming of the street on the corner of Jahnallee/Lützner Straße to Bowmanstraße.

On 18 April 2019, US Consul Emily Yasmin Norris commemorated the victims of World War II in front of the Capa House.

[8] On 1 July 2023 the Capa-House Memorial Site was reopened in the former Café Eigler as an exhibition, event and meeting place dedicated not only to Robert Capa, but also to his partner, the (war) photographer Gerda Taro.

CAPA Culture gGmbH is responsible for events, projects and special exhibitions, and the Hentrich & Hentrich Publishing House for Jewish Culture and Contemporary History supports the Capa-House Memorial Site both professionally and personally.

[13] In the final days of World War II, American soldiers entered the building along with reporter Robert Capa.