The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: comprehensive school Schermbeck, schoolyard 1 segment Officially, the demolition of the inner-German border fortifications began on June 13, 1989. Precisely 25 years later a segment of the Berlin Wall was set up on a schoolyard in Schermbeck. For the pupils it symbolizes the walls and barriers in our minds, which should be overcome. […]
Location: Von-Hardenberg Barracks 3 segments In autumn 1990, the command of the demolition of the inner-German border fortifications changed from the National People’s Army to the Bundeswehr. As a result, Wall memorials were erected at numerous military bases in Germany. So in Strausberg, east of Berlin, in the Von-Hardenberg Barracks. From 1945 to 1954, these […]
Location: Berliner Ring 2 segments In 1991, the then command of the Clausewitz Barracks has got four segments of the Berlin Wall. Two of them remained as a memorial at the barracks. The other were donated to the City of Nienburg. In 2010, a Berlin Wall memorial was inaugurated in Nienburg/Weser. Representatives from the twin […]
Location: Clausewitz Barracks 2 segments In autumn 1990, the command of the demolition of the inner-German border fortifications changed from the National People’s Army to the Bundeswehr. As a result, Wall memorials were erected at numerous military bases in Germany. So in Nienburg. In 1991, the then command procured four Berlin Wall segments. Two of […]
Location: Bundeswehr-Dienstleistungszentrum 1 Segment The Bundes-Dienstleistungszentren (Bundeswehr service center) manage on-site staff and material issues of the armed forces. In autumn 1990, the command of the demolition of the inner-German border fortifications changed from the National People’s Army to the Bundeswehr. As a result, Wall memorials were set up at numerous military bases. So in […]
Location: Berliner Platz 1 segment from Potsdamer Platz A piece of Wall, a piece of hope – by this motto the citizens of Hamelin donated about 18,000 DM to purchase a Wall segment in autumn 1990. It were the council members Karla Lange Hein and Gerhard Paschwitz, who initiated this project, supported by the city […]
Location: Schäfer Barracks 3 segments Bueckeburg, located appr. 60 kilometers west of Hanover on the border to North Rhine-Westphalia, is a garrison town since the late 19th century. The Schäfer Barracks are named after the German fighter pilot Karl Emil Schäfer (1891-1917). After the Second World War, British troops took over. At the nearby Bad […]
Location: Vojna Memorial Lesetice 1 segment The authentically preserved Vojna prison area, near the Bohemian city Pribram, served as a forced labour camp from 1949 to 1951. Until 1961, the site was used as a prison for political prisoners of the communist regime. After the communist takeover in 1948 and the subsequent changes in the […]
Location: Militärhistorisches Museum 4 segments Both the architecture and the permanent exhibition of the Militärhistorisches Museum seek to avoid biased presentations and to challenge traditional perspectives. The exhibition confronts the visitor with his or her own potential for aggression and shows violence as a historical, cultural, and anthropological phenomenon. The exhibition area 1945 up to […]
Location: Eureka College, Ronald Reagan Peace Garden part of a segment In a May 9, 1982 speech at Eureka College, Illinois, the then U.S. President Ronald W. Reagan challenged the Soviet Union to a new era of negotiations to reduce nuclear arms – called START. The speech has been labeled “The Beginning of the End […]