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A fragment at the memorial in the city where the Romanian revolution began, five weeks after the Wall opened.
A fragment stands at the Revolution Memorial, the foundation established on 26 April 1990 to document the December 1989 rising that began in Timișoara and ended the Ceaușescu regime. The placement makes a claim about sequence: the Wall opened on 9 November 1989 and Timișoara rose five weeks later, and the memorial sets the German object in its courtyard, beside a collection about the Romanian dead. Of all the recipients in this catalogue, this is the one whose own revolution came closest in time.
The piece came late. The memorial asked Berlin for it in 2012; it arrived by special lorry in December that year, two and a half tonnes of it, and was shown to the public on 20 December 2012, at the opening of a photographic exhibition. Local business people and the Rotary Club of Timișoara paid for the transport.
How did it get here?
A gift from the city of Berlin, which the memorial requested in 2012; local business people and the Rotary Club of Timișoara paid for its transport.
Sources
Listed by the Federal Foundation as #149 and by the Berlin Wall Archive as #424.
Timișoara Revolution Memorial — Wikipedia ↗
The foundation's establishment in April 1990 and its collection, including an authentic fragment of the Berlin Wall donated by a German foundation.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Zidul Berlinului în curtea Memorialului ↗
The memorial's own account: it received a piece of the Wall from the city of Berlin, brought by special lorry from Germany and set in its courtyard to stay on permanent display; local business people and the Rotary Club of Timișoara made the transport possible, and it was to be shown to the public on 20 December.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
FOTO Zidul Berlinului, de două tone şi jumătate, a ajuns la Timişoara ↗
Adevărul, 7 December 2012: a piece of the Wall weighing two and a half tonnes and more than three metres tall, a gift from the city of Berlin, has arrived at the Revolution Memorial and been placed in its courtyard, to be presented to the public on 20 December at the opening of a photographic exhibition.
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 149
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 424
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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