The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Royal Air Force Museum 1 segment A scene like in the ’60s: Berliner waving over the border fortifications. An original Wall segment is part of this scenario that was built in the Royal Air Force Museum in 2007. It is part of an exhibition about the Cold War. The Wall segment is a farewell gift from […]
Location: in front of the European Court of Human Rights 4 segmente from Kreuzberg In the early 1990s, the still-East German government was asked to donate a Wall segment for a scheduled Palace of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Of course the desire was meet immediately. Full of enthusiasm, the city Strasbourg bought three other elements from Limex, which weren’t picked up at the […]
Location: Musée des blindés 1 segment The four occupying powers of Germany were constantly present in Berlin during the Cold War. With the end of this period, their task have become redundant, the forces were withdrawn, sites were closed. When the French troops left, they were given a Wall segment by the Berlin Senate as […]
Location: La Gibauderie (private property) 1 segment In 1990, a dazzling auction took place in Monte Carlo, where first Wall segments were offered to art lovers and enthusiasts from around the world. 80 Wall segments came up for auction on behalf of Limex and the LeLeBerlin. The buyers were i.e. Jaguba Rizzoli and Ljiljana Hennessy, the latter former actress and heiress […]
Location: Esplanade du 9 novembre 1989 formerly Porte de Versailles 1 segment In 2006, the square Porte de Versailles in front of the Paris Exhibition and Congress Centre in the 15th Arrandissement was renamed in Esplanade du 9 novembre 1989, chute du mur de Berlin. The name change was accompanied by the erection of a Wall segment, however, […]