The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe2 segments Shortly after the opening of the Berlin Wall, thousands of GDR citizens took the opportunity to leave the country. Refugee camps were set up in western Germany, where they were cared for by numerous aid services. In the following months, as West German states helped the new states rebuild their administrations, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe […]
Location: American Heritage Museum1 segment The American Heritage Museum is dedicated to American conflicts, from the Revolutionary War to the present. The exhibits invite visitors to engage with the heritage of history and learn more about the American efforts to develop new technologies of warfare and the human impact of the American struggle to preserve […]
Location: Landgalerie Mark-Brandenburgmore than 20 segments The Landgalerie Mark-Brandenburg is Brandenburg’s largest gallery, according to its owner Karl Witzleben. More than 500 works of art are exhibited on the approximately 30,000 sqm farmstead in Märkisch Oderland: Paintings, photographs, graphics, caricatures, sculptures and – on the outdoor grounds – about two dozen wall segments that once […]
Location: private property 1 segment With the novel Edge of Eternity (German title: Kinder der Freiheit), set in the Cold War era, British best-selling author Ken Follet concluded his three-volume chronicle of the 20th century. Edge of Eternity takes the reader to post-war Germany, at a time when the world is still in turmoil. A […]
In September 2020, on the anniversary of German reunification, the Kester Haeusler Foundation erected and inaugurated a segment of the Berlin Wall. It will be placed in the Foundation’s garden as a document of contemporary history to commemorate the division and reunification of Germany. Speakers at the inauguration included Manfred Walther, who was the last […]