The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Leopold Barracks 2 segments In autumn 1990, the command of the demolition of the inner-German border fortifications changed from National People’s Army to the Bundeswehr. As a result Wall memorials were erected at numerous military bases in Germany. So in Amberg. General Wittenberg, a former commander of the Panzerbrigade 12, was tasked with the […]
Location: Schweppermann Barracks 1 segment In autumn 1990, the command of the demolition of the inner-German border fortifications changed from National People’s Army to the Bundeswehr. As a result Wall memorials were erected at numerous military bases in Germany. So in Kummersbrück. General Wittenberg, a former commander of the Panzerbrigade 12, was tasked with the […]
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 […]