The Berlin Wall across the world
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 […]
Location: Neukölln Park, Wetzlar-Dalheim 1 segment In the ‘Neukölln Park’ a Berlin Wall segment reminds of the German-German division. It was donated to the city of Wetzlar by the Berlin district Neukölln on November 9th, 1991. As an expression of the close ties of the Federal Republic of Germany with Berlin (West), partnerships were established […]
Location: Memphis Zoo – 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 […]
Location: Dr.-Friedrichs-Ring, near Alter Gasometer 1 segment The memorial of Liberty and Unity in the Automobile- and Robert-Schumann-City of Zwickau should be a lasting reminder of the overcoming of the painful division of Germany and the dawning of freedom and unity. The Berlin Wall segment was set up near the socio-cultural center Alter Gasometer and […]
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 […]
Lcation: SafeHouse, Ontario Street parts of the Hinterlandmauer The Safehouse Chicago provides an authentic espionage experience in every detail. The theme of the SafeHouse – intelligence and espionage – has been realized accurate in every detail with a mixture of fiction and reality. Allusions to the Cold War and original parts of the Berlin Wall […]
Location: military airfield Emmen 1 segment The military airfield Emmen is the homebase of Patrouille Suisse the jet aerobatic team of the Suisse Airforce. With its precision, it is a major attraction on aviation shows throughout Europe. In 2010, they impressed the visitors of the Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung in Berlin (ILA). In thanks, […]
Location: private property 1 segment This piece of the Berlin Wall is on a private property near Glienicke Bridge in Potsdam. It originates from an auction. The segments were formerly used by a firm, which has bought shortly after the fall of the Wall several hundred meters of it to fence off a gravel pit. […]
Location: Grünzug Bischofsheim/RhineMain RegionalPark 1 segment The RhineMain RegionalPark is a network of trails. Covering 550 km around Frankfurt, a number of attractive Regional-Park-routes provide insights into the interesting features and rich variety of the region. A special attraction is in the Grünzug Bischofsheim: A segment of the Berlin Wall shall remind of the recent […]