The term Wall of Shame is the nickname with which its detractors have baptized several border walls built in the centuries and . The term is used variously, with widely varying degrees of acceptance, to shame its builders or to describe the shame suffered by those affected by the erection of the wall.

The name was first used in 1961 after the construction of the wall separating West Berlin from East Berlin by the government of the then German Democratic Republic. Named after it "Anti-fascist protection wall", the Berliners called it Schandmauer which literally means Wall of Shame. This wall, usually known as the Berlin Wall, was also called the Wall of Shame outside Germany in an article that appeared on the cover of the American magazine Time Magazine in 1962 [2]. Shortly later, US President John F. Kennedy explicitly referred to the wall as the "Wall of Shame" in his annual address to the US Congress on January 14, 1963 [3]. Mentions of this wall as the "Wall of Shame" have also been made by other leaders such as Mário Soares, Jacques Chirac [5] or Romano Prodi [6].

The West Bank Wall is also called the "Wall of Shame" or "New Wall of Shame" in analogy to the Berlin Wall due to similar implications.[1]​.

• - La Vergüenza "Shame (work of art)").

• - Wikimedia Commons hosts a multimedia category on Security Wall.

The term Wall of Shame is the nickname with which its detractors have baptized several border walls built in the centuries and . The term is used variously, with widely varying degrees of acceptance, to shame its builders or to describe the shame suffered by those affected by the erection of the wall.

The name was first used in 1961 after the construction of the wall separating West Berlin from East Berlin by the government of the then German Democratic Republic. Named after it "Anti-fascist protection wall", the Berliners called it Schandmauer which literally means Wall of Shame. This wall, usually known as the Berlin Wall, was also called the Wall of Shame outside Germany in an article that appeared on the cover of the American magazine Time Magazine in 1962 [2]. Shortly later, US President John F. Kennedy explicitly referred to the wall as the "Wall of Shame" in his annual address to the US Congress on January 14, 1963 [3]. Mentions of this wall as the "Wall of Shame" have also been made by other leaders such as Mário Soares, Jacques Chirac [5] or Romano Prodi [6].

The West Bank Wall is also called the "Wall of Shame" or "New Wall of Shame" in analogy to the Berlin Wall due to similar implications.[1]​.

• - La Vergüenza "Shame (work of art)").

• - Wikimedia Commons hosts a multimedia category on Security Wall.