Checkpoint Charlie

Deutsch: Während des Kalten Krieges war der Checkpoint Charlie (Amerikanischer Kontrollpunkt) eines der Tore durch die Berliner Mauer im Zentrum Berlins. Gegenüber befand sich der Straßen-Grenzübergang Friedrichstraße der DDR.

English: During the Cold War, Checkpoint Charlie (Checkpoint of the American Sector) was one of the crossing points between West Berlin and East Berlin. It was located at the junction of Friedrichstraße with Zimmerstraße and Mauerstraße of the Berlin Wall and located in the city centre of Berlin, Germany. Opposite of Checkpoint Charlie was the GDR-Border Control Point „Friedrichstrasse“ situated.

Español: Durante la Guerra Fría, el Checkpoint Charlie fue una de las tres puertas en el Muro de Berlín entre las zonas de influencia occidentales y la zona rusa, situado en el centro de la ciudad de Berlín, Alemania.

Historical images

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  Negotiations between US-Military and GDR-Military
  26 October 1961
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  Soviet tanks face U.S. tanks at Checkpoint Charlie
  27 October 1961
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  Erecting the Berlin Wall at Friedrichstrasse
  4 December 1961
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  Opposite Checkpoint Charlie, GDR-Border Control Point
  13 December 1961
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  Kennedy visiting the Berlin Wall at Friedrichstrasse
  26 June 1963
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  View to East-Berlin
  1 May 1977
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  Ronald Reagan visits Checkpoint Charlie
  1982
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  Checkpoint Charlie, View onto the GDR-Border Control Point
  1982
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  Checkpoint Charlie, View onto the GDR-Border Control Point
  1982
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  Checkpoint Charlie
  Juni 1988
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  Checkpoint Charlie, Night of the „Fall of the Wall“
  10 November 1989
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  View to East-Berlin
  14 November 1989
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  Passing Checkpoint Charlie on the way to Berlin (West)
  14 November 1989
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  Passing Checkpoint Charlie on the way to Berlin (West)
  14 November 1989
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  Checkpointcharlie 3 Allied Checkpoint Charlie, Friedrichstrasse, Berlin April 1990
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  Checkpointcharlie 1 Allied Checkpoint Charlie, Friedrichstrasse, Berlin April 1990
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  Checkpointcharlie 2 Allied Checkpoint Charlie, Friedrichstrasse, Berlin April 1990
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  Dismantling of Checkpoint Charlie barrack
  22 June 1990
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  Dismantling of Checkpoint Charlies Opposite, the GDR-Border Control Point
  1991
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  Memorial Site 1990-2000

Checkpoint at present

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Historical Signs

• leaving american sector
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  Memorial Plaque
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  Ronald Reagan is presented a now obsolete checkpoint sign at Tempelhof Airport
  Sep 14 1990.

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  Original in Allied Museum

The rebuilt Checkpoint - Memorial Site

Total views

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  View to East-Berlin
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  2004 - View to West-Berlin

Details

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  View to East-Berlin 2004
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  2005
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  Checkpoint with "guard" actors for photo-op hire
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  View to West-Berlin
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  Memorial Plaque

Mauermuseum

Main category: Mauermuseum (Checkpoint Charlie)

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  exterior (Friedrichstraße, Kreuzberg)
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  exterior
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  East German border pillar
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  flag of the Soviet Union
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  National Emblem of the German Democratic Republic

Freiheitsmahnmal

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  Temporary memorial site
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  Unofficial memorial for the people who died at the Berlin wall, Jan 2005 Berlin