The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: International Youth Center of Krzyzowa Foundation 1 segment The Kreisau Foundation is committed to mutual respect and peaceful relations between nations, social groups and individuals in Europe. At a historic place, the Foundation builds bridges between the past and the present, between East and West, between old and young. In the era of National Socialism the […]
Location: in front of the Museum of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 1 segment from Potsdamer Platz The name of the museum is program in itself and its mission: In Timisoara in December 1989, the Romanian revolution began. Even though the Securitate Secret Police used violence against the protesting people, the idea continued and spread within a few days to the capital, Bucharest. […]
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 […]