The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Newseum 8 segments (out of primary 12) from Kreuzberg (Bethaniendamm/Leuschner Street) / were set up before at Freedom Park/Arlington UPDATE: Unfortunately, the Newseum has closed its doors by the end of 2019. The Newseum was founded at the beginning of the 21st century, with the participation of numerous American media and media entrepreneurs. The objective […]
Location: CIA parking lot 3 segments from Potsdamer Platz The history of the division of Germany and the Cold War is also a story of the intelligence services on both sides of the Iron Curtain. The Central Intelligence Agency, as the leading service in the West, owns itself three Wall segments, that were erected as a memorial […]
Location: History House of Greater Seattle 1 segment The History House of Greater Seattle is actually devoted to the diverse life in and around Seattle – in the past, in the present and in the future. Arts, humanities and technology are the spectrum of the numerous exhibits and activities. Thanks to a donation of the Australian […]
Location: Microsoft Corporation 1 segment from Potsdamer Platz Redmond is best known as home of the Microsoft Corporation but also of other reputable companies. Microsoft came to the Wall segments rather random. The story goes back to the 1970s, when the Daimler-Benz AG began buying up the area at Potsdamer Platz. After all, this was in the days […]
Location: Bundeswehr administrator for the USA and Canada 1 segment from Waldemarstraße The Bundeswehr administrator in Reston, Virginia, is responsible for the administrative and economic support of all troops, departments or other bodies of the German Bundeswehr in the US and Canada. For the opening of the new building in 1991 a Wall segment was erected in […]
Location: Virginia War Museum Parts of the Hinterlandmauer The Museum of military history in Newport News, the Virginia War Museum, was established more than 100 years ago. The Museum documents the development of the US Army and explains international crises and conflicts, i.e. the Cold War. The Berlin Wall is there on permanent exhibition, after on […]
Location: Rice University 1 segment James A.Baker is or was no US president, but for his services as US Secretary of State during his tenure from 1989 to 1992, he was given a Wall segment in November 1999. It was erected next to the James A. Baker Hall on the campus of the Rice University, which […]
Location: George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum 1 segment At the end of his term, in April 1993, George H. W. Bush was given a Wall segment by the Berlin Senate, which was initially exhibited in the A & M University in College Station. With the completion of the George Bush Presidential Library, […]
Location: Memorial Park, Mt. Rushmore Rd. 2 segments from the sector between Checkpoint Charlie and Brandenburg Gate + 2 anti-tank obstacles Not far from the Presidents, chiseled into the rock, in the center of Rapid City’s two Wall segments are standing along with two original tank traps since 1996. The Memorial Park/Berlin Wall Exhibit claims to be one […]
Location: Estate of Vereinigung Erzgebirge 1 segment The Vereinigung Erzgebirge is commited to German Tradition with close ties to its home state Saxony. A segment of the Berlin Wall is standing on their estate. It was donated to the German-American community of the greater Philadelphia area by the City of Berlin (with the support of Steuben Day […]