Fragment der Berliner Mauer, Berlin Wall memorial in Strašnice, Czech Republic.
The Berlin Wall Fragment in Strašnice is a roughly four-metre-high concrete segment placed on 4 October 2018 in front of the A&O Prag Rhea hotel. One side bears a black-and-white portrait of Hans-Dietrich Genscher with a Czech flag painted across his face; the other shows Berlin landmarks including Alexanderplatz, the Fernsehturm, the Rotes Rathaus and the World Clock.
The wall segment comes from the barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989 during the Cold War. After the wall fell, this piece was moved to Prague as a reminder of that divided era.
The wall paintings are by Berlin artists. One side shows a black-and-white portrait of Hans-Dietrich Genscher, the West German foreign minister who in September 1989 announced from the balcony of the West German embassy in Prague that East German refugees could leave for West Germany; a Czech flag is painted across his face. The other side depicts Berlin landmarks: Alexanderplatz, the Fernsehturm, the Rotes Rathaus and the World Clock.
The site is accessible year-round in the Strašnice district and works well when combined with other nearby historical locations. You can visit at any time without special planning or arrangements needed.
This is one of the few authentic pieces of the Berlin Wall located outside Germany. Its placement in Prague demonstrates how the wall's destruction crossed borders and shaped Europe's connection to its divided past.
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