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An element painted by Brazilian and German schoolchildren together in Berlin, then shipped to São Paulo state — the only record here made by children — and moved in 2026 to a club in São Paulo.
An element stood at the Banda Lyra Mogimiriana music school in Mogi Mirim, in the state of São Paulo, for a decade. It got there through a children's project rather than a government or a collector. The Berlin association MyTheo e. V., founded by Sylvia Hahnisch around a cartoon character called Theo Tintenklecks, had been running exchanges between the school and the Niederheide primary school in Hohen Neuendorf since 2011, including video lessons between the two classrooms.
In 2015 the association started a wall project under its programme Die Erde mein Zuhause — the earth my home — in which children and artists in different countries painted parts of the Wall as a statement about a shared future. Michael Schleusener of Berlin coordinated it, flying to Mogi Mirim with a small delegation to paint a miniature wall as a start; that September a party of ten Brazilians travelled to Berlin, where pupils of both schools painted one side of a real element together.
It is, as far as this catalogue records, the only segment anywhere whose surface was decided by eleven-year-olds from two continents.
O Regional reported that it reached the port of Santos in late May 2016 and was first shown to the public on 6 July 2016, during the town’s winter festival, giving it as 3.6 metres high and about four tonnes. In May 2026 the trade paper Panrotas reported that it was leaving the school’s headquarters for the Club Transatlântico in São Paulo, to be installed permanently there on 16 May 2026, and gave it as three metres and three tonnes. Mogi Mirim is therefore recorded as its former site.
How did it get here?
Organised by MyTheo e. V. of Berlin under its Die Erde mein Zuhause programme, coordinated by Michael Schleusener, and painted jointly by pupils of the Mogi Mirim music school and the Niederheide primary school in Hohen Neuendorf in September 2015.
Sources
Listed by the Federal Foundation as #242 and by the Berlin Wall Archive as #263.
Federal Foundation — Berlin Wall worldwide, site entry ↗
The MyTheo e. V. wall project, the partnership with the Hohen Neuendorf school since 2011, Michael Schleusener's coordination, the miniature wall painted in Brazil and the real element painted in Berlin in September 2015.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17
Único na América do Sul, fragmento do Muro de Berlim ficará exposto em Mogi Mirim — O Regional ↗
2016: the only fragment of the Wall in South America belongs to the Lyra Mojimiriana music school, 3.60 m high and about four tonnes, reached the port of Santos in late May 2016 and was first shown on 6 July 2016 during the town’s winter festival.
Press reportSource accessed 2026-09-17
Fragmento original do Muro de Berlim ficará exposto no Club Transatlântico — Panrotas ↗
5 May 2026: the fragment, 3 m high and 3 tonnes, previously at the Lyra Mojimiriana headquarters in Mogi Mirim for ten years, was to be installed permanently at the Club Transatlântico in São Paulo on 16 May 2026.
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 242
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 263
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