The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Military Intelligence Museum parts from the Hinterlandmauer Fort Huachuca, in the Sierra Vista close to the Mexican border, was established as a temporary outpost in 1877, became a permanent military installation in 1882 and has played a vital role in Army history ever since. During its long history, Fort Huachuca has served as a cavalry […]
Location: Institution Jeanne d’Arc Colombes 2 segments Peace, international understanding and remembering is the message of the Wall segments, which were set up in May 2015 in the catholic School Centre Institution Jeanne d’Arc Colombes in a suburb northeast of Paris. The inauguration took place in the presence of i.a. representatives of the German and […]
Location: German Embassy 1 segment As a sign of relatedness and gratitude: In February 2016 a piece of the Berlin Wall was set up at the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. It shall honor the contributions of the United States to the fall of the Wall and the German reunification. Here is DCM Ackermann […]
Location: Buechen-Dorf 1 segment The segment was donated in 1994 by the tank bataillon 164 of the Bundeswehr, when the tank brigade 16 from Lauenburg was dissolved. The bataillon was involved in the dismanteling of the Berlin Wall in 1990. The railway station Buechen was a border station to the GDR along the line Hamburg-Berlin […]
Location: Bahnhofsplatz 1 segment A segment of the Berlin Wall was set up in Hueckeswagen on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Wall – as a memorial and symbol for the inhuman division of Germany. The idea to set up a memorial arose when a delegation from Hueckeswagen visited Koenigs-Wusterhausen, […]