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Two segments in the open-air grounds of the airlift memorial at the Faßberg air base, which handled the largest tonnage of the Berlin airlift.
Faßberg was one of the airfields brought into the Berlin airlift from August 1948 to shorten the route from Frankfurt and Wiesbaden. It handled the largest tonnage of the operation, about 540,000 tonnes of coal, and the airlift's farewell parade was held there on 29 July 1949. The Erinnerungsstätte Luftbrücke Berlin was founded there on 2 March 1990 under the patronage of Walter Momper, governing mayor of Berlin, with the support of the defence minister Gerhard Stoltenberg; the idea came from Bundeswehr soldiers when American airlift pilots visited for the fortieth anniversary in 1989. It belongs to the Bundeswehr, occupies four Nissen huts of the airlift period, and its largest exhibit is a Douglas C-47 „Rosinenbomber“. On its open-air ground, the Federal Foundation's memorial database records, stand two segments of the Berlin Wall.
The Wall Net adds that they were a gift of the Berlin Senate, and quotes the plaque: segments from Potsdamer Platz, with a line that ties them to the place — one of the consequences of the blockade and the airlift was the building of the Wall by the GDR in 1961.
How did it get here?
A gift of the Berlin Senate, according to The Wall Net; the plaque gives Potsdamer Platz as their origin.
Sources
Listed by the Berlin Wall Archive as #121.
Erinnerungsstätte Luftbrücke Berlin — Orte des Erinnerns ↗
Faßberg's role in the airlift from August 1948 (about 540,000 tonnes of coal, the farewell parade on 29 July 1949); the memorial founded on 2 March 1990 under Walter Momper's patronage with Gerhard Stoltenberg's support, belonging to the Bundeswehr, housed in four Nissen huts with a DC-3/C-47 as its largest exhibit; two segments of the Berlin Wall stand on its open-air ground; location Fliegerhorst Faßberg, entrance Waldweg.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Faßberg, NI — The Wall Net ↗
Two segments from Potsdamer Platz at the Erinnerungsstätte Luftbrücke, a gift of the Berlin Senate; the plaque reads that among the consequences of the blockade and the airlift was the building of the Wall by the GDR in 1961.
General referenceSource 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 121
Source-reported segments: 2. This is not a separately verified count.
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