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Bought at a charity auction at the BRAFA art fair in 2020 and unveiled that September at the grid operator's engineering site by the canal, with a former President of the European Council present.
A segment stands in view of the public at the Monnoyer site of Elia, the Belgian transmission system operator: its engineering department by the canal, near the Docks Bruxsel shopping centre, which the press of the day places in Schaerbeek. The Wikipedia list's Boulevard Reyers is not where the reports or the Foundation's pin put it. It was unveiled on 7 September 2020 in the presence of Herman Van Rompuy, the former President of the European Council, and Martin Kotthaus, the German ambassador to Belgium.
Its route here is one the catalogue has not seen elsewhere. It is one of five segments sold at a charity auction at BRAFA, the Brussels art and antiques fair, at the beginning of 2020 — thirty years after the trade of 1990, and a reminder that elements are still changing hands at auction rather than only being given by governments. The press coverage adds the measurements and the money: a piece 3.6 m high and 1.2 m wide, part of the Hinterlandmauer — the inner wall on the East Berlin side of the border strip — bought for about €55,000, all of it to the cancer charity Kom op tegen Kanker. Van Rompuy unveiled it with Elia's chief executive Chris Peeters and read a haiku for the occasion: stones remain, but walls do not last; people bring them down.
How did it get here?
Bought by the Elia Group at a charity auction of five segments held at the BRAFA art and antiques fair in Brussels in early 2020.
Sources
Listed by the Federal Foundation as #1445 and by the Berlin Wall Archive as #54.
List of Berlin Wall segments — Wikipedia ↗
A segment recorded at the Elia Group headquarters.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Federal Foundation — Berlin Wall worldwide, site entry ↗
The Elia Group segment, the unveiling on 7 September 2020 with Van Rompuy and Ambassador Kotthaus, and its purchase at the BRAFA charity auction of five segments in early 2020.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17
Stuk Berlijnse muur komt naar Brussel en brengt 55.000 euro op voor Kom Op Tegen Kanker — VRT NWS ↗
On 7 September 2020 Elia unveiled a segment about 3.6 m high and 1.2 m wide at its engineering department in Schaerbeek, bought for about €55,000 at the BRAFA charity auction of five segments, the proceeds going to Kom op tegen Kanker; Herman Van Rompuy unveiled it with Elia's chief executive Chris Peeters.
Press reportSource accessed 2026-09-17
Elia haalt stuk Berlijnse Muur naar Brussel — BRUZZ ↗
The segment was placed on Elia's Monnoyer site, the engineering department near the Docks shopping centre; it was part of the Hinterlandmauer in Berlin, was bought at BRAFA in early 2020 where five fragments were auctioned, and was unveiled with a haiku by Herman Van Rompuy.
Press reportSource accessed 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.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 1445
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.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 54
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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