The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: premises 2 segments from Potsdamer Platz (preserved and stored) The former Westphalien construction firm F. Probst GmbH (now: Probst Bauträger GmbH) has had a subsidiary in Berlin when the Wall came down. This firm wasn’t engaged in the dismanteling of the border facilities. But its owner, Probst sen., has bought two segments from Potsdamer […]
Location: Eternit plant 4 segments The Eternit AG, a manufacturer of construction materials, famous i.a. for its fiber cement panels, originally had a production site in Berlin from its beginning in the 1920s until 2001. When this Eternit plant was closed, which is under preservation order now, four Berlin Wall segments were found on […]
Location: Leopold Barracks 2 segments In autumn 1990, the command of the demolition of the inner-German border fortifications changed from National People’s Army to the Bundeswehr. As a result Wall memorials were erected at numerous military bases in Germany. So in Amberg. General Wittenberg, a former commander of the Panzerbrigade 12, was tasked with the […]
Location: Schweppermann Barracks 1 segment In autumn 1990, the command of the demolition of the inner-German border fortifications changed from National People’s Army to the Bundeswehr. As a result Wall memorials were erected at numerous military bases in Germany. So in Kummersbrück. General Wittenberg, a former commander of the Panzerbrigade 12, was tasked with the […]
Location: comprehensive school Schermbeck, schoolyard 1 segment Officially, the demolition of the inner-German border fortifications began on June 13, 1989. Precisely 25 years later a segment of the Berlin Wall was set up on a schoolyard in Schermbeck. For the pupils it symbolizes the walls and barriers in our minds, which should be overcome. […]