The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Richard Nixon Library & Museum 1 segment from Leuschnerdamm, Kreuzberg Carl Karcher is owner of the Californian fast-food chain Carl’s Jr., and political companion of former US President Richard Nixon. In 1992 Karcher has bought a Wall segment for the Richard Nixon Library & Museum from the Berlin Wall Commemorative Group. The exhibition and documentation […]
Location: Reagan Ranch Center 1 segment In the 1970s, Ronald Reagan, actor and US President – in this context famous for his words, in the 1980s adressing the Sovjets: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” – has bought the Ranch de Cielo above the Santa Ynes Valley in California. End of the 1990s the Young Americans […]
Location: Defense Language School 3 segments Irvin Dyer, an entrepreneur from Phoenix, Arizona, sensed big business with segments of the Berlin Wall. He bought several segments and smaller parts, took them all to Phoenix – and didn’t sell anying. A few years later, Walter Scurei, who was born in Berlin, hired a warehouse in Phoenix, which […]
Location: National Museum of the USAF, Wright Patterson Air Force Base 6 segments The US Air Force Museum is devoted to the development of the aerial war, especially the superiority of the US Air Force. A large area is devoted to the Cold War. Thus, the US Air Force has played a leading role in the Cold […]
Location: Loyola Marymount University 1 segment from Waldemarstraße, Kreuzberg In 1996 Dirk Verheyen, political scientist and former professor at Loyola Marymount University approached the then Mayor of Berlin, Eberhard Diegen, with the request to honor the twinning between Berlin and Los Angeles with a segment of the Wall. No sooner said than done: Verheyen could choose freely from the […]
Location: Hope peninsula, David Thompson Road (private property) 1 segment Klaus Groenke, born in Berlin, real estate investor and contractor, philanthropist, art lover and patron of the arts, describes his Wall segment as “a reminder of a period on an island in the middle of the communism“. The segment, which adorns the entrance to his summer […]
Location: Hawaii Community College 1 original segment + 2 replicas The end of 1991, students and teachers of the Hawaii Community College came up with the idea to honor the end of the Cold War with a monument. They asked the university administration for support. Finally, a Wall segment was shipped to the pacific island through a joint […]
Location: Kennesaw State University 1 segment General Lucius D. Clay commanded the American forces in Europe after the Second World War and organized the Berlin Airlift. As a sign of gratitude, his grandson, Chuck Clay, Senator of Georgia, was given a Wall segment at the beginning of this century. After several years of private ownership, Chuck […]
Location: Fort Gordon, U.S. Army Signal Corps Museum 2 segments from the Hinterlandmauer The command of the US Army Signal Corps is stationed at the base Fort Gordon. The base includes a museum of the Signal Corps, which in turn hosts to two segments from the Hinterlandmauer. Further details unknown. Click to enlarge: Photo above […]
Location: National Infantry Museum, Columbus 3 segments The National Infantry Museum documents and explains military conflicts the United States of America were embroiled in. A separate exhibition space is dedicated to the Cold War. Further details unknown. Click to enlarge: Photo above and background:© by The National Infantry Museum. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0