The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Deutsche Welle, in front of the Schürmann building 1 segment A donation by Friedel Drautzburg and Harald Grunert, gastronomes from Bonn, to Erik Bettermann, director of the radio station Deutsche Welle, who donated it to the city: a Wall segment, designed by Ben Wagin. Wagin’s Wall art, messages from his Berlin’s Parliament of Trees, can […]
Location: Ministry of Defense, Hardthöhe 3 segments After the Wende, a few ministries relocated from Bonn and other sites to Berlin. The Ministry of Defense remained on the Hardthöhe near Bonn, but has got a secondary residence in Berlin (Bendlerblock). Vis-à-vis to the visitor center of the Ministry of Defense in Bonn, three Wall segments were set up […]
Location: Alfredstreet, in front of an office building 1 segment In summer 2009, three segments from the inventory of LPG Pflanzenproduktion Breesen were auctioned at the Hilton Hotel Cologne. Thereby, one of the segments came to Essen-Rüttenscheid and was set up in the front garden of a Jugendstil house. It was bought by a local […]
Location: Airlift Memorial 2 segments from Potsdamer Platz Berlin, post-war summer 1948: In the night from June 23 to 24 the lights went off in West-Berlin. The Soviets had cut off the power supply. The morning after, roads, water and rail connections were interrupted. West-Berlin was enclosed. More than two million people were left to […]
Location: Generalfeldmarschall-Rommel-Barracks, in front of the stuff building 1 segment Since 1892, the heathlands at the southend of theTeutoburger Forrest had been a military training ground. In 1961, the barracks were named after the controversial Generalfeldmaschall Erwin Rommel. Up to 5,000 soldiers are temporarily stationed there. Particularly, the Generalfeldmarschall-Rommel Barracks are home to the Armoured Brigade 21 […]