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A piece of the Wall about a metre high in the inner courtyard of a Sarthe polymer firm, bought by its chief executive in 1998 and painted for the 25th anniversary in 2014.
France 3 reported for franceinfo on 9 November 2014, the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, that a piece of the Berlin Wall stood in the middle of the inner courtyard of Fimor, a Sarthe company specialising in polymers. The piece, about a metre high, had been bought for very little in 1998 by the firm's chief executive, Alex Zuckermann. It was blank when it came; for the anniversary an artist painted on it a child looking at it, with phrases in five languages.
Fimor gives its head office as 210 rue du Polygone, Le Mans, but the 2014 report names no street, so it is not certain that the piece stands there. Nothing later has been read, and whether the courtyard can be seen from the street is not known.
How did it get here?
Bought in 1998 by Fimor's chief executive, Alex Zuckermann (franceinfo, 2014).
Sources
A piece of the Berlin Wall in the Sarthe — franceinfo / France 3, 9 November 2014 ↗
Sophie Granel: a piece of the Berlin Wall about one metre high stands in the inner courtyard of Fimor, a Sarthe company specialising in polymers; it was bought cheaply in 1998 by the company's chief executive, and for the 25th anniversary an artist painted a child looking at it, with phrases in five languages.
Press reportSource accessed 2026-09-17
Groupe FIMOR — Fimor ↗
The firm's own site gives its address as 210 rue du Polygone, 72000 Le Mans.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
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