This is the site of great division, and great unification for Germany. It speaks to a history scarred by war. Where Germany was once divided between Communist East Germany and West Germany by the Berlin Wall, now stands the Memorial of the Berlin Wall. Here you’ll see the last remaining remnants of the wall and watchtower. The open air exhibition and visitor’s centre provide a chilling account of those who tried and died — as well as those who succeeded — passing over or under the wall to freedom. It tells the story of GDR soldier Conrad Schumann, who jumped over the barbed wire to get to freedom, and the escape tunnels to freedom under the wall. Don’t miss this moving insight into an important period in Germamy’s modern history.
This checkpoint Charlie was the only place where foreigners visiting Berlin could cross from West to East and back again. East German troops who guarded this point had instructions to shoot anyone trying to illegally cross over from East Berlin into West Berlin. Many East Berliners were killed, trying to escape by climbing the wall. In response to this, the Americans built their own three checkpoints. A was Checkpoint Alpha, B was Checkpoint Bravo and Checkpoint C was Checkpoint Charlie. Checkpoint Charlie was the only checkpoint from where diplomatic personnel, American military and non-German visitors could go to East Berlin. The American checkpoints were mainly there to inform people that once they crossed the checkpoint into East Berlin, they were no longer in a democratic society. It was occasionally used for prisoner swaps. When the Berlin Wall came down in June 1990, “Checkpoint Charlie” was officially closed after nearly 30 years.
Underground U Kochstr./Checkpoint Charlie U6 0.1km Bus U Kochstr./Checkpoint Charlie N6/M29 0.1km U Stadtmitte/Krausenstr. 265 0.2km Berlin, Charlottenstr. M29 0.2km
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Monday: Open 24 hours.
Tuesday: Open 24 hours.
Wednesday: Open 24 hours.
Thursday: Open 24 hours.
Friday: Open 24 hours.
Saturday: Open 24 hours.
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