FRAGMENTS OF THE BERLIN WALL

 

Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore's Minister of Foreign Affairs; His Excellency Dr Michael Witter, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Singapore; and Professor Tommy Koh, Rector of Tembusu College at NUS, revealed two panels of the Berlin Wall at NUS on October 18, 2016.

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The panels are a gift from Germany's Mr Elmar Prost and his construction materials company, Lagerhaus KW GmbH, to Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to commemorate 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. They are on loan to NUS for at least five years through the Foreign Ministry and are on exhibit in a garden behind Tembusu College in NUS University Town.

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Each segment of the Berlin Wall weighs approximately four tonnes, stands at 3.6 metres tall, measures 1.2 metres across and 27 centimetres in thickness, and is supported by a base that is 2.1 metres wide.