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Chilenische Studenten in Berlin erhielten ein Stück und verschifften es kostenlos in die Heimat; die Botschaft kaufte es ihnen am Kai in Valparaíso ab.
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A segment stands outside the German embassy in Vitacura, unveiled on 3 October 1991 — German Unity Day. Its route is the most unusual in this catalogue. Berlin gave the piece to students from the Universidad de Chile who were studying in the city; the Ultramar shipping agency carried it to Chile free of charge; and when it reached the port of Valparaíso the embassy offered to buy it from them, paying money towards their project in the name of the Federal Republic. Almost every other segment here moved by state gift or private purchase. This one was a student souvenir that a government then acquired.
Chilean press confirms the outline and complicates the dates. BioBioChile (2012) says the piece reached Chile around 1991 through Universidad de Chile students and the shipping company Ultramar, and describes a roughly two-tonne segment bearing the work Think Global by the artist Indiano. La Tercera tells it from the students' side: psychology students led by Patricio García wrote to a German foundation that raised money by giving away pieces of the Wall; moved by their plan for a psychological clinic in Pudahuel, it gave a piece it valued at 100,000 dollars, and the businessman Wolf von Appen paid for the shipping from Hamburg to Valparaíso in October 1991. La Tercera has it shown at the Museo de Bellas Artes in March 1992, which sits uneasily with an unveiling at the embassy on 3 October 1991; that date is the listing's, and is kept here without being settled.
Wie kam es hierher?
Given by Berlin to Chilean students in the city, shipped by Ultramar to Valparaíso, and bought from them by the German embassy on arrival. La Tercera adds that a German foundation gave it for the students' clinic project and that Wolf von Appen paid for the shipping.
Quellen
Gelistet von der Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung als #243 und vom Berlin Wall Archive als #368.
Santiago de Chile, RCH – German Embassy — The Wall Net ↗
The students' acquisition, the free Ultramar shipping, the embassy's purchase at Valparaíso and the unveiling on 3 October 1991.
Allgemeine ReferenzQuelle abgerufen am 2026-09-17
Embajada de Alemania exhibe fragmento del muro de Berlín en Santiago ↗
BioBioChile, 2012: the fragment reached Chile about 1991 through a group of Universidad de Chile students and the shipping company Ultramar; a roughly two-tonne segment at the embassy entrance, Las Hualtatas 5677, Vitacura, carrying the work "Think Global" by Indiano.
PresseberichtQuelle abgerufen am 2026-09-17
El pedazo del muro de Berlín que llegó a Chile ↗
La Tercera (Qué Pasa): psychology students led by Patricio García obtained the piece from a German foundation to fund a clinic in Pudahuel; Wolf von Appen paid for shipping from Hamburg to Valparaíso in October 1991; shown at the Museo de Bellas Artes in March 1992.
PresseberichtQuelle abgerufen am 2026-09-17
Federal Foundation — Berlin Wall worldwide ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
VerzeichniseintragQuelle abgerufen am 2026-09-17 · Quelleneintrag 243
Berlin Wall Archive ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
VerzeichniseintragQuelle abgerufen am 2026-09-17 · Quelleneintrag 368
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