These days, a piece of the wall in a size L Plexiglas arch costs around $19 on the Berlin Souvenirs website – including a certificate of authenticity. "Order a piece of history now!" it says.

Located in the center of Berlin, the Berlin Wall Memorial stretches for a little less than a mile along what was once the border that divided the city in two. Upon arriving at the memorial ...

Experts and travelers say the museum gives context to what's left of the border crossing, and indeed you will find chilling stories of those who escaped from East to West via the Berlin Wall ...

chunks of the Berlin Wall and many similar souvenirs, not all appropriate, of places where dictatorships have been abruptly terminated. Abruptly is, in fact, how they are usually terminated.