Berlin Wall Monument (Chicago)

The Berlin Wall Monument in Chicago is an exhibit on display at the Western Brown Line CTA station.

Located in the Lincoln Square, Chicago neighborhood, an historically German-American enclave, the monument contains a large segment of the Berlin Wall and a plaque describing its dedication to the city.

The Berlin Wall represented one of the great political, economic, and ideological divides of the twentieth century[1] between two major powers: the United States and the Soviet Union.

Germany, especially its capital, Berlin, was partitioned by the victors of the Second World War; there were a few parts but the major division was east-west dividing the capitalist countries from the communist one.

Built in 1961, the Berlin Wall represented one of the great political, economic, and ideological divides of the twentieth century[1] between two major powers: the United States and the Soviet Union.

[1] She further argues that The Berlin Wall "provides a salient and powerful example of how material culture intersects with knowledge production in the psychological sciences".

This image is of the construction of the Berlin Wall. The wall existed from 1962 to 1989. After its demolition, pieces of the wall were broken with some taken as souvenirs.
Monument plaque describing the dedication to Chicago .
This is a tourism map of Lincoln Square. Lincoln Square is a neighborhood in the northern part of Chicago. It has been a historically German neighborhood.