The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: in front of the savings bank Vogtland 1 segment In 1997, one segment of the Berlin Wall came as a memorial to Reichenbach, Vogtland, to the former German-German frontier zone. Initiator was the managing board of the local savings bank, supported by the regional Vereinigung der Opfer des Stalinismus e.V. (group of victims of stalinism […]
Location: Leipzig, temporarilynew site: U.S. Diplomacy Center, Washington, DC via German Embassy, Washington, DC 1 Segment On occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, the Leipziger Verbundnetz AG, a natural gasoline supplier, has bought a segment of the Wall, which was signed by Helmut Kohl, Michail Gorbachev und George Bush sen., […]
Location: Galerie SansvoiX modern Art, in the sorting room of former Imperial German Railway Post Office 12 segments Bravery and engagement of Leipzig’s citizens played an important role in the downfall of the GDR. Leipzig became the capital of the Wende. Therefore the gallery SansvoiX modern Art owns germanys most extensive collection of wall segments, which is set up beyond […]
Location: in front of the State Parliament’s building 1 segment On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, the Axel Springer SE donated a segment of the Berlin Wall to each federal state. The Saarland was the first federal state, that was given a Wall segment. It was erected in August 2009 in […]
Location: private property 2 segments Peter Kurt Würzbach, born in Göttingen, now living in Klein Rönnau, member of the CDU (a German conservativ party) was Parliamentary State Secretary of Defence Ministry from 1982 to 1988, after that and up to 1994 CDU/CSU Bundestag Fraction Spokesperson on disarmament. His mandate for the German Bundestag ended in […]