Berlin Wall, Near Brandenburg Gate, Berlin December 1989
Soon after the opening of the Berlin Wall, the East Germans created ad hoc checkpoints into West Berlin like this one near the Brandenburg Gate. These began to look increasingly silly since, even as these people queued to return with their "western booty", most people were streaming unchecked through the growing number of holes in the Wall, often within yards of the "official" crossings.
Berlin Wall, Near Brandenburg Gate, Berlin December 1989
Soon after the opening of the Berlin Wall, the East Germans created ad hoc checkpoints into West Berlin like this one near the Brandenburg Gate. These began to look increasingly silly since, even as these people queued to return with their "western booty", most people were streaming unchecked through the growing number of holes in the Wall, often within yards of the "official" crossings.