Der Eintrag
Ein vollständiges Segment, das Rohr gegen das Überklettern noch obenauf, vor einem Sprachreiseunternehmen, das nicht sagen kann, wie es dorthin gelangt ist.
Die ausführliche Geschichte, die Herkunft und die Quellenangaben dieses Eintrags liegen bislang nur auf Englisch vor.
A complete segment has stood outside the headquarters of the language-travel company Education First in Cambridge since the 1990s. It is in unusually good condition: the round anti-climb pipe along the top, which is missing from most of the records in this catalogue, is still there at full size. Somebody has painted a small figure on it in a blue hat, green T-shirt and pink jacket, with the Fila logo across the front, and who that was is not known.
Nor is anything else. The company, which also operates in Germany, could not say when the segment arrived or why. What it offers instead is a claim about itself: that over forty years it has placed millions of European pupils and students in the United States for language study, and so did its own small part in overcoming the division of the world through exchange.
The record was held back for a while because Boston holds more than one section and this listing carried only the city name. The Federal Foundation's own entry names the company, and the catalogue's separate listing for the EF headquarters — which has no coordinates at all — fits it exactly.
Wie kam es hierher?
Not established. The company could not say when or why the segment came to Boston.
Quellen
Gelistet von der Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung als #199 und vom Berlin Wall Archive als #45.
Federal Foundation — Berlin Wall worldwide, site entry ↗
The complete segment outside the Education First headquarters in Cambridge since the 1990s, the intact anti-climb pipe, the painted figure with the Fila emblem, the company's inability to establish when or why it arrived, and its own account of its exchange programmes.
VerzeichniseintragQuelle abgerufen am 2026-09-17
Education First aims to bridge barriers with exchange ↗
In 2013 a 12-foot graffitied section of the Wall stood behind Plexiglas outside EF's Cambridge office, which the founder Bertil Hult describes as a symbol of free trade and education.
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 199
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 45
Von der Quelle gemeldete Segmente: 1. Diese Zahl wurde nicht gesondert geprüft.
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