The record
A ten-foot section beside a relocated country church on the Great Passion Play grounds, carrying words from Psalm 23 in German.
A section about ten feet by ten feet stands next to the Church in the Grove, a country church more than a century old that was moved onto the Great Passion Play grounds in 1986 and refurbished. The section carries words from the 23rd Psalm in German — “though I walk through the dark valley, I will not fear”. The site reads the object devotionally, in the same register as Fátima: the Wall as an occasion for scripture rather than a Cold War artefact.
How did it get here?
Bought in 1991 by the Elna M. Smith Foundation.
Sources
Listed by the Federal Foundation as #171 and by the Berlin Wall Archive as #119.
Berlin Wall Section — Eureka Springs, Arkansas ↗
A ten-foot by ten-foot section beside the Church in the Grove, inscribed with the 23rd Psalm in German.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Berlin Wall Section - The Great Passion Play ↗
The Great Passion Play's own page: the Elna M. Smith Foundation bought the 10-foot by 10-foot section in 1991 and set it up next to the Church in the Grove, with words from Psalm 23 in German painted on it.
Institutional sourceSource 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 171
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 119
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