The record
Three small fragments given by a German ambassador to the building where Bolivia's first free government met — and currently not on show.
Three small fragments are kept at the Casa de la Libertad in Sucre. The building was the Jesuit college where many of the leaders of Latin American independence were educated, and where the first free Bolivian government assembled in July 1825; Bolivia's congress went on meeting in it until 1898. It is now a museum of the independence movement, and the name means House of Freedom.
The record carries a caveat the Foundation itself supplies and the atlas should not smooth over: the fragments are not currently in the exhibition. The museum holds them and has said it is considering showing them again. A visitor going to Sucre to see them today would not.
How did it get here?
Given to the Casa de la Libertad in the early 1990s by Hermann Saumweber, then German ambassador to Bolivia.
Sources
Listed by the Federal Foundation as #241.
Federal Foundation — Berlin Wall worldwide, site entry ↗
Three smaller fragments given by Ambassador Hermann Saumweber in the early 1990s, still held by the museum but not currently displayed.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17
30 años de la caída del Muro de Berlín: a dónde fueron a parar sus pedazos (y cuáles están en América Latina) — Semana (BBC Mundo) ↗
6 November 2019: three segments are kept at the Casa de la Libertad in Sucre, donated by the German ambassador Hermann Saumweber in 1990, but are not on public display.
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 241
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