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Vilshofen, BY

Berlin Wall in Vilshofen

Location: Buergerpark/Ginkgopark 1 segment For more than 1,500 GDR refugees who managed to escape via Hungary to West Germany in September 1989, Vilshofen was the gateway to freedom. They were warmly welcomed in a tent city, where they could calm down and become familiar with the West. At the suggestion of the Vilshofen mayor Georg […]

Schopfheim, BW – city center

Location: town center (before: former municipal jail) 1 segment from Waldemarstreet/Kreuzberg   In January 1991, Jeannot Weißenberger and his wife bought two Wall segments from the German Ministry of Defence for 1,000 marks. One of the segments shows the graffito Fallen Angels (presumably by Kiddy Citny), which became famous by Wim Wender’s film Wings of […]

Schopfheim, BW – industrial area

Location: industrial area (before: former municipal jail) 1 segment   In January 1991, Jeannot Weißenberger and his wife bought two Wall segments from the German Ministry of Defence for 1,000 marks. One of the segments shows the graffito Fallen Angels (presumably by Kiddy Citny), which became famous by Wim Wender’s film Wings of desire. Both […]