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"BlackLivesMatter Protest Berlin (No Justice = No Peace)".
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Il Checkpoint Charlie era un noto posto di blocco sul confine tra i settori, dal 1961 nel Muro di Berlino.
In funzione dal 1945 al 1990, collegava il settore di occupazione sovietico (quartiere di Mitte) con quello americano (quartiere di Kreuzberg).
Era situato sulla Friedrichstraße, all'altezza dell'incrocio con Zimmerstraße. Vi era ammesso il passaggio solo di militari delle forze alleate, di diplomatici e di cittadini stranieri.
Dopo la riunificazione il punto di controllo venne abbattuto; la baracca di guardia originale oggi si trova nell'Alliertenmuseum; il 13 agosto 2000 ne venne inaugurata una ricostruzione fedele, divenuta in breve tempo di grande richiamo turistico.
Il Museo del Muro fin dallo stesso inverno 1961/62 si trova a pochi metri dal Checkpoint.
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Checkpoint Charlie was a crossing point in the Berlin Wall located at the junction of Friedrichstraße with Zimmerstraße and Mauerstraße (which for older historical reasons coincidentally means 'Wall Street'). It is in the Friedrichstadt neighborhood. Checkpoint Charlie was designated as the single crossing point (by foot or by car) for foreigners and members of the Allied forces. (Members of the Allied forces were not allowed to use the other sector crossing point designated for use by foreigners, the Friedrichstraße railway station).
The name Charlie came from the letter C in the NATO phonetic alphabet; similarly for other Allied checkpoints on the Autobahn from the West: Checkpoint Alpha at Helmstedt and its counterpart Checkpoint Bravo at Dreilinden, Wannsee in the south-west corner of Berlin. The Soviets simply called it the Friedrichstraße Crossing Point (КПП Фридрихштрассе, KPP Fridrikhshtrasse). The East Germans referred officially to Checkpoint Charlie as the Grenzübergangsstelle ("Border Crossing Point") Friedrich-/Zimmerstraße.
As the most visible Berlin Wall checkpoint, Checkpoint Charlie is frequently featured in spy movies and books. A famous cafe and viewing place for Allied officials, armed forces and visitors alike, Cafe Adler ("Eagle Café"), is situated right on the checkpoint. It was an excellent viewing point to look into East Berlin while having something to eat and drink.
The checkpoint was curiously asymmetrical. During its 28-year active life, the infrastructure on the Eastern side was expanded to include not only the wall, watchtower and zig-zag barriers, but a multi-lane shed where cars and their occupants were checked. However, the Allied authority never erected any permanent buildings, and made do with the well-known wooden shed, which was replaced during the 1980s by a larger metal structure, now displayed at the Allied Museum in western Berlin. Their reason was that they did not consider the inner Berlin sector boundary an international border and did not treat it as such.
Soon after the construction of the Berlin Wall, a standoff occurred between U.S. and Soviet tanks on either side of Checkpoint Charlie. It began on 22 October as a dispute over whether East German guards were authorized to examine the travel documents of a U.S. diplomat named Allan Lightner passing through to East Berlin to see the opera. By October 27, 10 Soviet and an equal number of American tanks stood 100 yards apart on either side of the checkpoint. The standoff ended peacefully on October 28 following a U.S.-Soviet understanding to withdraw tanks. Discussions between U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and KGB spy Georgi Bolshakov played a vital role in realizing this tacit agreement.
Although the wall was opened in November 1989 and the checkpoint booth removed on June 22, 1990, the checkpoint remained an official crossing for foreigners and diplomats until German reunification during October 1990 when the guard house was removed; it is now on display in the open-air museum of the Allied Museum in Berlin-Zehlendorf. The course of the former wall and border is now marked in the street with a line of cobblestones. A copy of the guard house and sign that once marked the border crossing was later built where Checkpoint Charlie once was. It resembles the first guard house erected during 1961, behind a sandbag barrier towards the border. Over the years it was replaced several times by guard houses of different sizes and layouts. The one removed during 1990 was considerably larger than the first one and did not have sandbags.
Near the location of the guard house is the Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, a private museum opened in 1963 by Rainer Hildebrandt, which was augmented with a new building during the 1990s. The two soldiers (one American and one Russian) represented at the Checkpoint Memorial were both stationed in Berlin during the early 1990s.
Developers demolished the East German checkpoint watchtower in 2000, to make way for offices and shops. The watchtower was the last surviving original Checkpoint Charlie structure. The city tried to save the tower but failed, as it was not classified as a historic landmark. As of August 2011, nothing has been built at this site and the original proposals for development have been terminated.
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 Friedrichstraße and the Zimmerstraße 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. Several souvenir stands with fake military items and stores proliferate as well.
Rund 1.000 Menschen nehmen in Berlin an einem kurzfristig organisierten Demonstrationszug zur Erinnerung an die Opfer von rassistischer Polizeigewalt in den USA teil. Die hauptsächlich aus der Black Community stammenden Menschen ziehen lautstark skandierend durch die Bezirke Neukölln, Kreuzberg bis zum Potsdamer Platz in Mitte. Dort endet die Demonstration mit einer Abschlusskundgebung, auf der die Namen der von US Polizisten getöteten Menschen verlesen werden, während sich die Teilnehme aus Respekt vor den ausgelöschten Leben auf den Boden legen.
Berlin, Germany’s capital, dates to the 13th century. Reminders of the city's turbulent 20th-century history include its Holocaust memorial and the Berlin Wall's graffitied remains. Divided during the Cold War, its 18th-century Brandenburg Gate has become a symbol of reunification. The city's also known for its art scene and modern landmarks like the gold-colored, swoop-roofed Berliner Philharmonic, built in 1963.
Rund 1.000 Menschen nehmen in Berlin an einem kurzfristig organisierten Demonstrationszug zur Erinnerung an die Opfer von rassistischer Polizeigewalt in den USA teil. Die hauptsächlich aus der Black Community stammenden Menschen ziehen lautstark skandierend durch die Bezirke Neukölln, Kreuzberg bis zum Potsdamer Platz in Mitte. Dort endet die Demonstration mit einer Abschlusskundgebung, auf der die Namen der von US Polizisten getöteten Menschen verlesen werden, während sich die Teilnehme aus Respekt vor den ausgelöschten Leben auf den Boden legen.
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Checkpoint Charlie was in de tijd van het verdeelde Berlijn een controlepost op de grens van de Amerikaanse en de Russische sector, bij een doorgang in de Berlijnse Muur in de Friedrichstraße. Bron Wikipedia
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berlin. sunday 7 am. empty streets. waiting for the bus.
time to think about last nigh. Time for the unbearable walk of shame.
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Pretty interesting spot in Berlin: "Checkpoint Charlie", the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War.
For the Berlin-series I just used an old 50mm lens, with manual focus only. Topic is street / documentation.
This is the real deal, circa 1980. These two shacks housed the US, British and French military police at Checkpoint Charlie in West Berlin. I was standing on "the line" to take this photo.
As a young MP, I worked at Checkpoint Charlie countless times during my military service in the late 70's, early '80's. To say I love Berlin would be an understatement.
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where once the "WALL" / the "Iron Curtain" split the German capital to East- and West-Berlin... comment by Will Wilson: Iconic. Even this remnant. (Interesting how, after years, the gut still tightens for a moment in some of us of a certain age . . .) On the MP: foto 2 € ?! - frizz-feedback: yes, Will, photo 2 $... - next time I could stand there on the opposite side of the street to earn money holding a Soviet flag - but maybe they would not give a single cent ...
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During the Cold War, Berlin, Germany looking from the American Sector.
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Rund 1.000 Menschen nehmen in Berlin an einem kurzfristig organisierten Demonstrationszug zur Erinnerung an die Opfer von rassistischer Polizeigewalt in den USA teil. Die hauptsächlich aus der Black Community stammenden Menschen ziehen lautstark skandierend durch die Bezirke Neukölln, Kreuzberg bis zum Potsdamer Platz in Mitte. Dort endet die Demonstration mit einer Abschlusskundgebung, auf der die Namen der von US Polizisten getöteten Menschen verlesen werden, während sich die Teilnehme aus Respekt vor den ausgelöschten Leben auf den Boden legen.
Berlin 1983. View from Checkpoint Charlie to the Russian Zone.
Here we crossed the border from East to West by foot. We had 5 checks before we were back in West-Berlin.
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Rund 1.000 Menschen nehmen in Berlin an einem kurzfristig organisierten Demonstrationszug zur Erinnerung an die Opfer von rassistischer Polizeigewalt in den USA teil. Die hauptsächlich aus der Black Community stammenden Menschen ziehen lautstark skandierend durch die Bezirke Neukölln, Kreuzberg bis zum Potsdamer Platz in Mitte. Dort endet die Demonstration mit einer Abschlusskundgebung, auf der die Namen der von US Polizisten getöteten Menschen verlesen werden, während sich die Teilnehme aus Respekt vor den ausgelöschten Leben auf den Boden legen.
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Rund 100 Menschen protestieren in Berlin gegen das diktatorische Regime im Tschad. Anlass der Demonstration unter dem Motto "Wir sind alle Zouhoura! Nei zur Gewalt an Frauen!" war ein sexueller Übergriff auf eine 16jährige Schülerin, an der nach Angaben der Veranstalter auch die Söhne von Regierungsmitgliedern und Generälen beteiligt waren. Die Protestierenden fordern eine Aufklärung der Verbrechen und die Bestrafung der Täter. Sie solidarisieren sich mit allen Frauen, die Gewalt und Unterdrückung ausgesetz sind.
Auf der Auftaktkundgebung am Checkpoint Charlie sprach auch ein Imam zu den Anwesenden.