Not far from the spot at the Berlin Wall where an 18-year-old East German was shot and left to bleed to death by Communist border guards as he tried to escape in the 1960s stands one of Checkpoint ...

Each painting tells a story, serving as a reminder of the power of art in healing and transformation. Berlin Wall Memorial ..

The northern half of the former border crossing was built over after 1990. The southern half is currently occupied by the outdoor exhibition “Checkpoint Gallery” and the exhibition “Black Box Cold War ...

The Berlin Wall project surely provided the opportunity to take a large risk in service of important art. As Haring discovered when he arrived in Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie was an especially tense ...

They were icons of the Cold War: the Brandenburg Gate symbolised the division of Berlin and Checkpoint Charlie was the East-West crossing of spy novel fame, where heavily armed Allied soldiers and ...

Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, the Berlin Wall, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth Iain MacGregor. Scribner, $30 (352p) ISBN 978-1-982100-03-2 ...

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Charlie was the only point for foreigners visiting Berlin could cross between the two sides of the wall. Charlie was famous for a standoff in October 1961 between US and Soviet tanks. It was ...

Berlin authorities announced the start of public discussion for the redevelopment of Checkpoint Charlie. The site is one of the most famous locations of the Berlin Wall and is of huge symbolic ...

Checkpoint Charlie was the best-known border crossing in Berlin, which was only open to foreigners, diplomats and members of the Allied armed forces. The Wall Museum opened at this historic site in ...