The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, 1 Presidential Drive 1 segment 1987, Ronald Reagan vs. Mikhail Gorbachev at the Brandenburg Gate: Reagan’s legendary words Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! are another piece of the puzzle in the subsequent course of history. In 1990 the american president came in possession of a Wall segment, […]
Location: Liberty Plaza, Chapman University 1 segment James L. Doti, director and professor of economics at Chapman University, initiated this memorial, after he had seen a Wall segment in the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda. Since May 1999, the Berlin Wall is the highlight of the Freedom Park with several other installations on the subject of […]
Location: Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road 1 segment The Imperial War Museum in London Lambeth Road dedicates an exhibition area to postwar conflicts since 1945, in which the UK was involved – among others the Cold War. The Wall segment from the Brandenburg Gate, painted with a graffito by Jürgen Große aka Indiano is standing in a park outside of […]
Location: in front of the German Embassy 1 segment from Potsdamer Platz As in many other countries, a Wall segment is standing in front of the German Embassy in Kievalso in the Ukraine. It was inaugurated on November 9, 2009 on occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall. The original graffito Can I stay? […]
Location: Mémorial de Caen, Normandie 2 segments from the sector between Potsdamer Platz and Leipziger Straße In a truck loaded with two tons of paint and painting tools, the French artist Daniel Boulogne set off from Paris in November 1989. Destination: Berlin, to support the Artists Union of the GDR, who wanted to paint the East side of the Wall, the […]