The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Olympic Museum 1 segment On suggestion of Juan Antonio Samaranch, the then president of the International Olympic Committee, the Olympic Museum was established and opened in Lausanne in 1993. Already since 1915, artifacts have been collected which are representing the olympic idea from antiquity to modernity. Numerous gifts are continuously expanding the extensive collection. It […]
Location: district Wartberg 1 segment Already since the first anniversary of the German reunification, on October 3rd, 1991, a Berlin Wall memorial is standing in Wartberg, a district of Wertheim. The Wall segment was donated to the city of Wertheim by Ivo Tützler, a former local contractor. On the occasion of the inauguration, the then […]
Location: Oberstedten, Apfelpark 1 segment from Potsdamer Platz In memory of the division and reunification of Germany, a Wall segment is standing in Oberstedten, a suburb of Oberursel in the Hochtaunuskreis, since end of 2014. The idea to build this memorial came from Willi Steffek, the longtime chairman of the Vereinsring Oberstedten, an alliance of […]
Location: private property 3 segments At the time as the Berlin Wall came down, Oskar Pack, a management consultant from Kreuzweingarten near Euskirchen, stayed in Berlin. Facing the Mauerspechte, trophy hunters and profiteers, he quickly recognized the value of the Berlin Wall. End of November, back home Pack appealed in a letter to the […]
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 […]