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Checkpoint Charlie in the middle of Berlin Germany Royalty Free Stock Photo

Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, Germany Royalty Free Stock Photo

Germany, Piece of the Berlin Wall at the Mauer museum House of Checkpoint Charlie Royalty Free Stock Photo

Beach by Checkpoint Charlie in the middle of Berlin Germany Royalty Free Stock Photo

Portrait of the Soviet Soldier at Checkpoint Charlie Royalty Free Stock Photo

Checkpoint Charlie in the middle of Berlin Germany

Checkpoint Charlie was the name given by the Western Allies to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War. After the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc and the reunification of Germany, the building at Checkpoint Charlie became a tourist attraction. It is now located in the Allied Museum in the Dahlem neighborhood of Berlin. Checkpoint Charlie has become one of Berlin`s primary tourist attractions. An open-air exhibit was opened during the summer of 2006. Gallery walls along the FriedrichstraÃÅ¸e and the ZimmerstraÃÅ¸e inform on escape attempts, how the checkpoint was expanded, and its significance during the Cold War, in particular the confrontation of Soviet and American tanks in 1961. An overview of other important memorial sites and museums on the division of Germany and the wall is presented as well. Tourists can have their photographs taken for a fee with actors dressed as allied military policemen standing in front of the guard house.