The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Museum of Modern Art numerous segments from Waldemarstraße Unconfirmed reports says that the Museum of Modern Art has purchased a longer section of the Wall in 1990 at approx. 500,000 Mark. It should have been sold by the Limex, a GDR own trading company. According to the reports, the MoMA has been primarily interested in such a section that has […]
Location: Campus of Colgate University 1 segment The Peace and Conflict Studies (PCON) Program at the Colgate University in Hamilton is one of the main focuses of the academic education there. To mark the 25th anniversary of this graduate program, a Wall segment was set up on the campus in 1995. Photo: No picture available. If […]
Location: unknown 4 segments from Berlin northern border Jersey City is similar to Oranienburg in Brandenburg: Both are situated in the catchment area of a metropolis. Personal contacts and trade relations finally led to a city partnership in 2007. As a sign of solidarity, the then District Administrator Schröter donated four Wall segments to the […]
Location: Main Street Station Casino, Brewery and Hotel fragments only This is a memorable place in a double sense: Parts of the Berlin Wall are decorating the men’s room of the Main Street Casino in Las Vegas. The Wall fragments were purchased in 1996 for 17,500 USD. Women who want to see the Wall can ask a […]
Location: US Army Engineer Museum Fort Leonard Wood and the US Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) are a 65-acre training facility in the Missouri Ozarks. Chemical, engineer, military police, transportation Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, Sailors and international students from allied nations receive training here. The Berlin Wall Memorial is made from parts of the Hinterlandmauer. Further details […]
Location: Allendale Campus, Zumberge Library 1 fragment The Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids is also home to a fragment of the Berlin Wall. It was donated by Frederik C. Meijer, owner of a supermarket chain. Other segments were donated to the Van Andel Museum Center and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum by Meijer, too. […]
Location: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum 1 segment In Helsinki in 1975, the Helsinki Final Act was signed. The provisions of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, which were mostly influanced by the United States under President Ford, became basis for many human and civil rights movements in East Germany. Frederik H.C. Meijer, […]
Location: Van Andel Museum Center 1 segment from Potsdamer Platz Under the watchful eyes of the public several segments were lifted out of the Wall at Potsdamer Platz in November 1989. One of which was inscribed with “Meijer”. As Frederik C. H. Meijer, owner of a supermarket chain in Grand Rapids got aware, he got at once in […]
Location: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum 1 segment from Brandenburg Gate The most famous professing Berliner undoubtedly was John F. Kennedy. During his visit to Berlin in 1963, the US president assured the walled West Berliners of support by the US. His pithy words Ich bin ein Berliner went down in history. In 1990, Jean Kennedy, a sister […]
Location: Education First’s Headquarter, One Education Street 1 segment Education First, EF, is a language-travel operator, who has been arranging language stays for European students in the United States for about 40 years. Since the late 1990s, a completely preserved Wall segment with mural crown is standing in front of its headquarter in Boston. Further details unknown. Click to enlarge: […]