The record
A section in the outdoor village of a museum about Russian Mennonites — a community that had already left the Soviet Union once.
A section stands in the outdoor village at the Mennonite Heritage Village, among the windmill and the heritage buildings. The museum's subject is the Russian Mennonites who left the Soviet Union for Canada, which makes the object less incongruous than it first appears: the community that built this museum had its own experience of a state deciding who could leave, decades before the Wall was poured.
How did it get here?
Bought in Germany after the Wall came down by Martin Bergen of Winnipeg, and donated to the museum.
Sources
Listed by the Berlin Wall Archive as #403.
Monuments at Mennonite Heritage Village — MySteinbach ↗
The permanent display, the purchase in Germany by Martin Bergen of Winnipeg, and the donation.
Press reportSource accessed 2026-09-17
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 403
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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