The Berlin Wall across the world
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
Location: Goethe Institut, Colony Square, Plaza Level 1 segment Details unknown. Additional information can be uploaded via comment on this side. To upload a photo, please follow this link.
Location: Hard Rock Cafe, Universal Boulevard 1 segment Plaque inscription:In August, 1961 this infamous symbol of the Cold War was erected to keep the East Germans from fleeing in order to the West. The Soviets built a wall between the East and West sections of Berlin. For the next 28 years the Cold War raged […]
Location: Colegio Aleman Alexander von Humboldt in Lomas Verdes 1 segment from Waldemarstraße in Kreuzberg The Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt in Mexico City is one of the largest German schools abroad. Its Executive Board Member, Gerhart E. Reuss, formerly helped to build the Volkswagen plant in Puebla. In the beginning of the 1990s, he was enthusiastic about […]
Location: German school in Xochimilco 1 segment from Waldemarstraße, Kreuzberg The Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt in Mexico City is one of the largest German schools abroad. Its Executive Board Member, Gerhart E. Reuss, formerly helped to build the Volkswagen plant in Puebla. In the beginning of the 1990s, he was enthusiastic about the Berlin Wall sell of and […]
Location: Jamaica Defence Force 1 segment World Championships in Athletics, Berlin 2009: Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprint star, left no chance to the competitors. The reward: a new world record, medals and a gift by the then mayor Klaus Wowereit – a Wall segment with a personal graffito. Today, Bolts extremely heavy souvenir from Berlin is standing […]
Location: Plaza de Berlín 3 segments It was an idea of Manfred Kratz, the then chairman of the German-Guatemalan Chamber of Commerce, to erect a Wall monument on the Plaza de Berlín. In 1991, the Berlin Senate therefore provided three Wall segments which should be integrated into a total work of art. Unfortunately, planning, financing and the work on […]
Location: garden of Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1 segment This Berlin Wall segment was set up in 1994 in the garden of the Palacio San Martin at the Freedom Square. It was a gift by Hans-Dietrich Genscher, former German Foreign Minister and honorary citizen of Costa Rica. Bernd Niehaus Quesada was the recipient, Genscher’s Costa Rican counterpart […]
Location: in front of the German Embassy 1 segment from Waldemarstraße/ Leuschnerdamm, Kreuzberg Inspired by the events in 1990, Chilean students wanted to bring a piece of the Berlin Wall to Chile. Since they lacked the financial means for transportation, the German Embassy subsidized. In 1992, both involved parties arranged an exhibition at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. […]