…in the world

Redondela, E

Berlin Wall in Redondela, Spain

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 […]

Fürstenberg/Havel, BB

Berlin Wall in Fürstenberg

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 […]

Freckenhorst, NW

Location: at the Petrikapelle 1 segment   After the Fall of the Wall, social democrats from Freckenhorst got in contact with party collegues in Templin, Brandenburg. Due to this contacts a Berlin Wall segment came to the westphalian city in 1999. Originally the memorial against the neglect of the German division was set up next […]

James Rizzi – on tour

Location: various 3 segments James Rizzi (1950 – 2011) was an international renown pop art artist. His works often focused on New York and its citizens. His paintings mostly are of naive simplicity, rich in colour, with a distinct air of cheerfulness, urban vitalty and optimism. Rizzi opposed the Vietnam War even as a student […]