The record
Three segments handed over by the last prime minister of East Germany in June 1990, at a monument that had been a memorial to German unity since 1953.
Three original segments stand on the Moselle bank behind the Deutsches Eck, carrying the inscriptions “Den Opfern der Teilung” — to the victims of division — “17. Juni 1953” and “9. November 1989”. The site was already a memorial to German unity: in 1953 President Theodor Heuss declared the empty plinth of the Kaiser Wilhelm monument a memorial to the unity still to be regained. The segments arrived in 1990 and completed an argument the site had been making, unfinished, for thirty-seven years.
How did it get here?
Handed over in June 1990 by Lothar de Maizière, then prime minister of the German Democratic Republic — one of very few records in this catalogue donated by the East German state itself rather than by Berlin after unification.
Sources & verification
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.
Source accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 203
Source-reported segments: 3. This is not a separately verified count.
Koblenz, RP — The Wall Net ↗
Three segments placed beside the monument in June 1990, handed over by Lothar de Maizière, with their inscriptions.
Source accessed 2026-09-17
Das Deutsche Eck in Koblenz — regionalgeschichte.net ↗
The 1953 declaration by Theodor Heuss and the segments' role in the monument's meaning.
Source accessed 2026-09-17
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