After the fall of the Berlin Wall many sections of the Wall were sold or given away.
360 segments [1] of the Berlin Wall were offered for sale by a state-owned foreign trade enterprise of the German Democratic Republic, AHB Limex- Bau Export-Import in 1990.
On June 23, 1990 several segments and fragments were sold on a public auction in the Hotel Metropole Palace, Monaco. [1]
The City of Berlin, the German government and German companies also gave segments of the Wall away.
Many other segments were also sold by the demolition companies or by people who were involved in the demolition of the Berlin Wall.
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Segments of the Berlin Wall situated in the United States:
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Location in the US
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Original location and sponsor/seller
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CIA Headquarter
Langley, Washington/D.C.
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Potsdamer Platz
by German government
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Newseum, Freedom Park
Arlington/Virginia
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10 segments and Guard tower from Stallschreiberstrasse
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US-State Department
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by fomer German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel
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The Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Johns Hopkins University
Washington/D.C.
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by Berlin Senate
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Microsoft Art Collection
Microsoft Cafeteria
Redmond, Washington
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Potsdamer Platz
by Mercedes Benz
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Seattle-Center
Seattle, Washington
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Checkpoint Charlie
by Achim Becker
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George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
College Station, Texas
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District Mitte/Treptow
Axel Springer Verlag and Krone AG
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Presidential Library Ronald Reagan
Simi Valley, California
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Checkpoint Charlie
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Chapman University
Orange, California
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Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California
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The Richard Nixon Library
Yorba Linda, California
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by Carl N. and Margaret M. Karcher Foundation
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Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
New York City
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by Peter Max
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New York City, 53rd Street
between Fifth and Madison Avenues
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U.S. Air Force Museum
Dayton, Ohio
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Honolulu Community College
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Breakthrough Sculpture
Located on the campus of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri
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Las Vegas
Men's bathroom
at the Main Street Station Hotel and Casino
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Civic Center, Memorial Park
Rapid City, South Dakota
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External links:
The Wall: Where is it now? - Time Online Edition
Spur der Steine - Berliner Morgenpost (at German)
Sources:
Verkaufskatalog "Die Mauer", Galerie Park Palace
Berliner Morgenpost, "Spur der Steine"
and own recherches
(Please note, this is not a complete list of all segments in the US)
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