A symbol of freedom, of the human strength of will and a relic of the Cold War. Countless pieces of the Berlin Wall were scattered around the globe after the Wall fell in 1989. These pieces of Wall embody the Berliners fight for freedom. More than 240 of these sections - each weighing tonnes - can be found in over 140 countries and on every continent. They have been located for this book. Amongst those who now own sections of the Wall are Japanese businessmen, famous art collectors and all US Presidents from the last century. There are some exciting and strange, but also tragic stories behind the pieces of the Wall. The stories in this book highlight the many ways in which the Wall has been used to commemorate the Berlin Wall and the Cold War.

Herausgeberin Dr. Anna Kaminsky - Studium an der Sektion Theoretische und angewandte Sprachwissenschaft (Schwerpunkt romanische Sprachen) an der Karl-Marx-Universität in Leipzig, 1992 Promotion Dr. phil. 1993 bis 1998 Mitarbeit in verschiedenen Forschungs- und Ausstellungsprojekten u.a. am Berliner Institut für vergleichende Sozialforschung, an der Universität Münster, der Gedenkstätte Sachsenhausen und am Deutschen Historischen Museum, seit 1998 wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, seit 2001 Geschäftsführerin der Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur.