The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: culture bunker 3 segments During the Korean war, an anti-tank defense shelter was build in the Northwest of the South Korean capital Seoul in order to prevent the advance of the North Korean military. The apartments within the complex were basically for the soldiers but also a camouflage for the military facility underneath it. […]
Location: Norton Air Force Base Museum, Veterans Memorial Area 1 segment Norton Air Force Base began as Municipal Airport, San Bernardino under Army Air Corps jurisdiction. During the summer of 1941, it became a training base to meet the needs of the 30,000 Pilot Training Program. In December 1941, within days after the attack on […]
Location: Holiday Inn Airport Berlin 1 Segment The history of flying in Schönefeld dates back to 1934, to the Henschel Flugzeug Werke, which were based here until the end of the Second World War. In 1946, the facilities were dismantled and/or destroyed. The Soviet air forces took over the Schönefeld airfields. In 1947, the Soviet […]
Location: Platz der Vielfalt, Kreativ.Quartier 1 segment A Berlin Wall segment was set up in April 2018 at the Platz der Vielfalt (square of diversity), which is on the grounds of a former coal mine. The segment reminds of the German history and is a symbol of tearing down walls between people, as well as […]
Location: Bürgerpark 1 segment A Berlin Wall segment was set up in Selb on the ocassion of the screening of “Up to the border” (by Gerald Grote and Claus Oppermann) at the Grenzland-Filmtage 2013. “Up to the border” is a documentary, which shows the building, the long presence and the downfall of the Wall told […]
Location: Nellen & Quack, premises 2 segments Nellen & Quack, a freight and logistics company, originally moved these Berlin Wall segments to Mönchengladbach on behalf of an advertising agency. The logistic firm showed interest in conserving the segments as a memorial, as the Berlin Wall parts were of no further use to the ad […]
Location: Galderma Laboratories, office building 1 segment Galderma Laboratories expanded their operations with 100,000 square feet office building in 2017. The North American headquarter in Fort Worth hosts R&D, training and offices. The exterior of the new HQ in Fort Worth matches the design of existing buildings with a bright, clean design for the lobby […]
Location: Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! several parts 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. After the fall […]
Location: Via Marta Lodi, private museum 1 segment Interested in history, Emilio Grassi is collecting artifacts from bygone eras, i.a. a complete segment of the Berlin Wall as a reminder that freedom is not self-evident and must be defended anew every day. When the Wall came down, Grassi had been in Berlin, visiting friends, […]
Location: Prospekt Wernadskowo, Deutsche Schule 1 segment from Potsdamer Platz The 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall was celebrated in Moscow, too: A Berlin Wall segment was set up as a reminder of recent history at the German school in Moscow. The school is on a diplomatic property, which belongs to the German […]