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At Checkpoint Charlie

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

June 23 1990
Berlin, Friedrichstraße border crossing (Checkpoint Charlie)
Created By: Dagmar Lipper

License: Creative Commons License

Friedrichstraße border crossing (Checkpoint Charlie) without the Western Allies' guard house which was torn down on 22 June 1990 and is now on display in the Allied Museum

Depicts

café, flag, German flag, group of people, signboard, tollgate, traffic sign, warning sign

Context

allies

Places

Checkpoint Charlie

Text in image

Café Adler

Military / CD

Yo[u are leaving / the American sector] / вы [выезжаете из / америкаиского сектора] / [Vous sortez] / du [se]cteur [americain /
Sie verlassen den amerikanischen Sektor]

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."