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This sign stood at Checkpoint Charlie (or the Friedrichstraße checkpoint), the border of the USSR and US sectors in Berlin - the city having been split after the war into four operationally governed sectors; Britain, France, USA, USSR.
That the German translation of the sign is both the last and the smallest, says much.
Checkpoint Charlie - Friedrichstrasse, Berlin
Checkpoint Charlie (or "Checkpoint C") 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. A crossing point in the Berlin Wall located at the junction of Friedrichstraße with Zimmerstraße and Mauerstraße it was featured in many cold war era movies and documentaries and the scene of several incidents and standoffs between the US and Russian occupation forces.
It was also the scene of some spectacular and some tragic escape attempts by DDR citizens who tried to make it to West-Berlin. After it's official closure in 1990 when Germany was re-united it is now a tourist attraction.
Fuji X100S, april 2014.
Photo taken 16 June 2006 by Joshua Butcher
This is Checkpoint Charlie, situated on the border between East and West Berlin, This checkpoint became the most well known on 27 October 1961 when Soviet tanks and American tanks faced off for the first time in history. Prior to this, the two superpowers had never directly confronted each other but had instead used proxies. But on Friday, October 27, 1961 it was ten Soviet tanks, not East German, and six American tanks facing off on both sides of Checkpoint Charlie. The Soviets wanted control of Berlin and were bluffing war, however, the American General Clay saw through the bluff when the Soviets pulled up twenty more tanks, to equal the number the Americans had in Berlin, and stood his ground. Sixteen hours after the crisis started, at around 1030am on 28 October, the Soviets backed down and retreated. Thirty minutes later, the American tanks left. The Soviet Premier Khrushchev later said that he did not want war, and he knew that if the tanks went forward, he would have it, but if they went back, he would have peace. General Clay had also said that “If the Soviets don’t want war over West Berlin, we can’t start it, if they do, there’s nothing we can do to stop them.”
Wyden, Peter. Wall: The Inside Story of Divided Berlin. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989.
Wolfgang, Ingo. "Tanks at Checkpoint Charlie: Lucius Clay and the Berlin Crisis." Cold War History. (2006): 205-228.
On Oct. 7, 1984, Jutta Gallus planted herself at Checkpoint Charlie, the Allied border crossing in Berlin, with a placard around her neck reading: “My children have been forcibly given up for adoption! Please help us!”
Gallus became a daily fixture at Checkpoint Charlie. 27 years later she wants to find the military policemen who protected her during her demonstrations. (Courtesy Photo)
El Muro de Berlín (Berliner Mauer)
Proyectado por el gobierno de la República Democrática Alemana como "Muro de Protección Antifascista" y apodado "Muro de la vergüenza" desde el lado occidental, separó la República Federal Alemana de la RDA desde el 13 de agosto de 1961 hasta el 9 de noviembre de 1989. Se extendía por 45 kilómetros, dividiendo la ciudad de Berlín y otros 115 kilómetros para separar la parte occidental de la ciudad del territorio de la RDA. Fue el símbolo más característico de la división alemana. En el intento de pasar de sector oriental al occidental encontraron la muerte 270 personas.
Checkpoint Charlie
Fue el más famoso de los pasos fronterizos del Muro de Berlín, entre la zona de control estadounidense y la soviética. Se encontraba en la Friedrichstraße en el actual límite de los barrios de Mitte (en el sector oriental) y Kreuzberg (en el occidental). Su uso estaba restringido a militares y empleados de embajadas de los aliados, extranjeros, trabajadores de la delegación permanente de la RFA y funcionarios de la RDA. La denominación Charlie corresponde a la tercera letra del alfabeto fonético, tras el Alpha en la autopista en Helmstedt y el Bravo en la de Dreilinden. Fue demolido el 22 de junio de 1990, de modo que salvo el Museo del Muro del Checkpoint Charlie no quedó nada que lo recordase, hasta el 13 de agosto de 2000, cuando se inauguró una reconstrucción de la primera caseta de control, idéntica salvo en los sacos de arena, que ahora estaban rellenos de cemento. En la actualidad, el Checkpoint Charlie es una de las atracciones turísticas de Berlín.
30x40cm,
Pitt Artist Pen, Schmincke Horadam, weißes Gouache
Nach 30 Jahren Mauerfall ist der damals sehr ernste Ort zu einer Selfie-Touri-Souvenir-Attraktion verkommen, mit dem ordentlich viel Geld verdient wird...
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. The replica above stands on the original site.
On Oct. 7, 1984, Jutta Gallus planted herself at Checkpoint Charlie, the Allied border crossing in Berlin, with a placard around her neck reading: “My children have been forcibly given up for adoption! Please help us!”
Gallus became a daily fixture at Checkpoint Charlie. 27 years later she wants to find the military policemen who protected her during her demonstrations.(Courtesy Photo)