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A twelve-foot section at the corner of Baker Hall, placed to mark James Baker's part in negotiating German reunification.
A twelve-foot section stands at the south-east corner of Baker Hall, installed in 2000 and unveiled by Rice's president Malcolm Gillis with Jürgen Chrobog, the German ambassador to the United States. It is there to mark James A. Baker III's part as secretary of state in the diplomacy of 1989 and the negotiations that unified Germany — a monument less to the Wall than to the people who arranged what followed it.
How did it get here?
Installed by Rice University in 2000, eleven years after the Wall opened.
Sources
Listed by the Federal Foundation as #221 and by the Berlin Wall Archive as #181.
Press release regarding the Berlin Wall memorial at the Baker Institute — Making the History of 1989 ↗
The 2000 installation at the south-east corner of Baker Hall, the twelve-foot height, and the unveiling by Gillis and Ambassador Chrobog.
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 221
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 181
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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