The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: private garden of Allianz SE, Headquarters, Koeniginstraße at the English Garden 2 segments During the years before the Second World War, the Munich-based Allianz insurance had a good thriving location in Berlin like many other companies too. Through the turmoil of war and the Soviet occupation this location was lost. Insurance activities in East […]
Location: in front of the American Consulate, Koeniginstraße 1 segment “In memory of a memorable day” – In 1990, Johannes Singhammer, a then CSU (majority party in Bavaria) Member of Parliament, acquired a segment of the Berlin Wall and set it up in his garden. A few years later he gave it to the Free […]
Location: Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!, Times Square Several elements of the Hinterlandmauer Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! is a US based franchise company, including newspaper cartoons, comics, TV series and several museums, called oddities. In the latter, Ripley’s features in his own words game, fun, excitement, entertainment for the whole family. Berlin Wall included. […]
Location: Simuel Road at Interstate 85 2 segments When the Berlin Wall was torn down, Josef Menzel, founder and owner of a homonymous engineering firm in Spartanburg, asked an East German friend to send him two Wall segments. They were erected on a parking lot in front of the firm building. On the occasion of 20th anniversary […]
Location: Art Basel Miami Beach 2013, temporarily 4 segments As part of Art Basel Miami Beach 2013, the Berlin Wall and pop art artist Thierry Noir presented in collaboration with Porsche Design the project Heart of Freedom. Porsche Design provided 200 TwinBags, which were exclusively hand painted by Thierry Noir. The event in Temple House was attended […]