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Guard house at Checkpoint Charlie

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

June 4 1990
Berlin, Friedrichstraße border crossing (Checkpoint Charlie)
Created By: Dagmar Lipper

License: Creative Commons License

Guard house at the opened Friedrichstraße border crossing (Checkpoint Charlie), one of seven street crossings between East and West Berlin (between the Soviet and US American sectors) while the Wall was up. Checkpoint Charlie was designated for use by foreign nationals, affiliates of the Allied Forces and diplomats

Depicts

café, group of people, guard room, national flag, rain, warning sign

Context

allies

Places

Checkpoint Charlie

Text in image

Allied / Checkpoint Charlie

You are leaving the American sector / вы выезжаете из америкаиского сектора / [Vous s]ortez du secteur americain / [Sie verlassen den amerikanischen Sektor]

[Zimmerstraße]

Related

Original Caption

"The little guard house at Checkpoint Charlie was still standing on 4 June. It was then demolished on 22 June. On the 23 June we drove through the checkpoint towards East Berlin for the first time – only foreigners and East Germans had been allowed through it up until then."