Berlin Wall Segment

A few days shy of 29 years ago...November 9, 1989 the Berlin wall came down and thousands of people danced and celebrated on top of the Berlin Wall - a symbol of Germany’s divided past and the freedom and democracy that followed. While people in Berlin began to demolish the Wall very rapidly, there was also much interest from abroad to obtain pieces of the 140-kilometre-long wall. Pieces were scattered around the globe with many being given to various cultural and historical institutions, organizations, businesses, cities and governments. For the recipients, the large Wall segments and smaller fragments were considered memorials to be preserved and displayed in public places so that the story behind 'their' piece could be told. It is known that there are more than 240 sections of the Wall that can be found in over 140 countries around the world, including six sites within Canada. This is one of the 6.Read more