The Berlin Wall across the world
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. […]
Location: private property in Lyford Clay (Nygård Cay)1 segment from Potsdamer Platz Auctioned in Monte Carlo in 1990, a segment of the Berlin Wall found a new home on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas. The buyer and installer was Peter J. Nygård, a Finnish-Canadian textile entrepreneur and philanthropist, who had the segment erected […]
Location: Garden of the Foreign Ministry, Palacio San Martin 1 segment Donated by Berlin Senate on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, expressing the German-Argentine frienship. Click to enlarge: Photo above and background:© Andres Snitcofsky/Twitter
Location: in the lobby of Editoria Perfil 8 segments Editoria Perfil is the largest Hispanic publishing house with numerous newspapers and magazine. Immediately after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the publishing house wanted to get some parts of it as lasting witnesses of the historic event. Jorge Fontevecchia, CEO of the Perfil group, recalls: […]
Location: private garden of Allianz SE, Headquarters, Koeniginstraße at the English Garden 2 segments During the years before the Second World War, the Munich-based Allianz insurance had a good thriving location in Berlin like many other companies too. Through the turmoil of war and the Soviet occupation this location was lost. Insurance activities in East […]
Location: in front of the American Consulate, Koeniginstraße 1 segment “In memory of a memorable day” – In 1990, Johannes Singhammer, a then CSU (majority party in Bavaria) Member of Parliament, acquired a segment of the Berlin Wall and set it up in his garden. A few years later he gave it to the Free […]
Location: Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!, Times Square Several elements of the Hinterlandmauer Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! is a US based franchise company, including newspaper cartoons, comics, TV series and several museums, called oddities. In the latter, Ripley’s features in his own words game, fun, excitement, entertainment for the whole family. Berlin Wall included. […]
Location: Simuel Road at Interstate 85 2 segments When the Berlin Wall was torn down, Josef Menzel, founder and owner of a homonymous engineering firm in Spartanburg, asked an East German friend to send him two Wall segments. They were erected on a parking lot in front of the firm building. On the occasion of 20th anniversary […]
Location: Art Basel Miami Beach 2013, temporarily 4 segments As part of Art Basel Miami Beach 2013, the Berlin Wall and pop art artist Thierry Noir presented in collaboration with Porsche Design the project Heart of Freedom. Porsche Design provided 200 TwinBags, which were exclusively hand painted by Thierry Noir. The event in Temple House was attended […]