The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: BAV Aufbereitung GmbH, private property some hundred segments What is symbolic of the Berlin Wall today, originally had a different purpose: The T- and L-shaped concrete elements were developed as retaining wall elements for agriculture to fortifying landfills of all kinds. In the course of the expansion of the GDR border installations these […]
Location: Bahnhofstrasse 1 segment This segment was set up by a local firm. It was signed in Berlin by Mikhail Gorbatchev, Helmut Kohl und George W. Bush – the former leaders of the Soviet Union, Germany and the USA – on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Wall. Obviously, it […]
Location: at the Paseo Xunqueira 2 fragments of the outer Wall These two fragments of the Berlin Wall had been standing almost unnoticed beneath a viadact close to the station since the early 1990s. On occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Wall, the parts were carefully restaurated by the local […]
Location: private property 1 segment The Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles are an exclusive residential area, whose residents set value on their privacy. We respect that, renounce to publish the story behind this site and show views from outside only. In 2014, the removal of the segment from Teltow (near Berlin) was recorded: This […]
Location: warehouse 4 segments from Potsdamer Platz (plus 1 replica) Four segments from Potsdamer Platz (from which the very first section of the Wall was removed in 1989) are now in a warehouse in Fürstenberg/Havel, north of Berlin. Hans-Martin Fleischer, who was a student in Berlin then when the Wall came down, has acquired […]