The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Norton Air Force Base Museum, Veterans Memorial Area 1 segment Norton Air Force Base began as Municipal Airport, San Bernardino under Army Air Corps jurisdiction. During the summer of 1941, it became a training base to meet the needs of the 30,000 Pilot Training Program. In December 1941, within days after the attack on […]
Location: Holiday Inn Airport Berlin 1 Segment The history of flying in Schönefeld dates back to 1934, to the Henschel Flugzeug Werke, which were based here until the end of the Second World War. In 1946, the facilities were dismantled and/or destroyed. The Soviet air forces took over the Schönefeld airfields. In 1947, the Soviet […]
Location: Platz der Vielfalt, Kreativ.Quartier 1 segment A Berlin Wall segment was set up in April 2018 at the Platz der Vielfalt (square of diversity), which is on the grounds of a former coal mine. The segment reminds of the German history and is a symbol of tearing down walls between people, as well as […]
Location: Bürgerpark 1 segment A Berlin Wall segment was set up in Selb on the ocassion of the screening of “Up to the border” (by Gerald Grote and Claus Oppermann) at the Grenzland-Filmtage 2013. “Up to the border” is a documentary, which shows the building, the long presence and the downfall of the Wall told […]
Location: Nellen & Quack, premises 2 segments Nellen & Quack, a freight and logistics company, originally moved these Berlin Wall segments to Mönchengladbach on behalf of an advertising agency. The logistic firm showed interest in conserving the segments as a memorial, as the Berlin Wall parts were of no further use to the ad […]