The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Willy-Brandt-Haus 1 segment Willy Brandt (1913-1992), chairman of the SPD, Federal Chancellor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate is one of the outstanding German statesmen of the 20th century. His name is used synonymously with democracy and freedom, understanding between nations, peace, justice, solidarity and social responsibility. His biography is primarily shaped by his resistance […]
Location: district Buchhorst 1 segment A Berlin Wall memorial to commemorate personal merit to the German Reunification: Walter Link, politician from Wehrbleck, deceased in 2010, was (i.a.) member of the German Bundestag. In his laudatio on the occasion of the inauguration of the memorial, Rainer Eppelmann, civil rights campaigner and retired Minister, said Link […]
Location: premises at ul. Mazurska 2 segments In 2015, a local company has created a private and public accessible Berlin Wall museum in the Masurian Elblag at the Bay of Gdansk. Two segments of the Berlin Wall, information boards and signs from Berlin Checkpoint Charlie remind the change of life, history and even the world […]
Location: Military Intelligence Museum parts from the Hinterlandmauer Fort Huachuca, in the Sierra Vista close to the Mexican border, was established as a temporary outpost in 1877, became a permanent military installation in 1882 and has played a vital role in Army history ever since. During its long history, Fort Huachuca has served as a cavalry […]
Location: Institution Jeanne d’Arc Colombes 2 segments Peace, international understanding and remembering is the message of the Wall segments, which were set up in May 2015 in the catholic School Centre Institution Jeanne d’Arc Colombes in a suburb northeast of Paris. The inauguration took place in the presence of i.a. representatives of the German and […]
Location: German Embassy 1 segment As a sign of relatedness and gratitude: In February 2016 a piece of the Berlin Wall was set up at the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. It shall honor the contributions of the United States to the fall of the Wall and the German reunification. Here is DCM Ackermann […]
Location: Buechen-Dorf 1 segment The segment was donated in 1994 by the tank bataillon 164 of the Bundeswehr, when the tank brigade 16 from Lauenburg was dissolved. The bataillon was involved in the dismanteling of the Berlin Wall in 1990. The railway station Buechen was a border station to the GDR along the line Hamburg-Berlin […]
Location: Bahnhofsplatz 1 segment A segment of the Berlin Wall was set up in Hueckeswagen on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Wall – as a memorial and symbol for the inhuman division of Germany. The idea to set up a memorial arose when a delegation from Hueckeswagen visited Koenigs-Wusterhausen, […]
Location: premises 2 segments from Potsdamer Platz (preserved and stored) The former Westphalien construction firm F. Probst GmbH (now: Probst Bauträger GmbH) has had a subsidiary in Berlin when the Wall came down. This firm wasn’t engaged in the dismanteling of the border facilities. But its owner, Probst sen., has bought two segments from Potsdamer […]
Location: Eternit plant 4 segments The Eternit AG, a manufacturer of construction materials, famous i.a. for its fiber cement panels, originally had a production site in Berlin from its beginning in the 1920s until 2001. When this Eternit plant was closed, which is under preservation order now, four Berlin Wall segments were found on […]