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".