The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Weißekreuzplatz 2 segments The Weißekreuzplatz is a small green area in the district Oststadt of the capital of Lower Saxony. It is unknown, when the Wall memorial was set up. Between 1961 and 1989, at least 139 people were killed at the Berlin Wall or died under circumstances directly connected with the GDR […]
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 […]
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 […]
Location: Burda Media Park 1 segment Even before the Turn, the West German Burda publishing house was represented in the GDR with its own magazine, the Burda Moden. In fact, Burda Moden was the first western magazine ever that was sold in Russian in the Soviet Union since 1987. After the Turn, the Superillu from the […]
Location: National Military Museum 1 segment The former military airfield Soesterberg of the Netherlands Air Force is located near Utrecht/Amsterdam. During the Cold War the airfield was used by the United States Airforces in Europe under the name Soesterberg Air Base. Flight operations were discontinued in 2008. In autumn 2014 the new National Military Museum was […]