The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum 1 segment of the Hinterlandmauer In the early 1990s, the director of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum wanted to be in no way inferior to his counterparts in other museums of ex-presidents and acquired also a Wall segment from the Berlin Wall Commemorative Group – but a more manageable segment […]
Location: on the estate of Outdoor Arts Foundation/Clay Companie 3 segments of the Hinterlandmauer In February 2008, the in St. Petersburg based Outdoor Arts Foundation presented its modular system for Wall Memorials in North America. The idea was as simple as it is surprising: For a memorial, simply three segments of the Hinterland Wall should be placed […]
Location: behind the Museum of Science and Technology 1 segment In 1990 the Museum of Science and Technology in Syracuse, New York, was in the founding phase. Betty Ann Kram, founding member and trustee, was working at that time for a German company in Syracuse. A colleague from Germany made her three Wall segments available and […]
Location: at the entrance to the Harmony German Club 1 segment from Potsdamer Platz Two restaurants, bistro, catering, choir and dance parties – the Harmony German Club on the Southern outskirts of Canberra is dedicated since 1963 to protect and care German culture Down Under. Since October 1992, the driveway is adorned by a segment of […]
Location: in the garden of Taiwan Foundation for Democracy 1 segment Despite a civilian government, until 1987, Taiwan’s military rule was a result of changing history: From the end of the 19th century until the end of World War II, the island state was a Japanese colony, then occupied by China. In 1947, there was a […]