- Checkpoint Charlie was nominated the only border crossing for the Allies and foreigners. In 1971 the mayor of West Berlin obtained permission to allow West...
- Checkpoint Charlie is the only border crossing between West Berlin and East Germany that has remained alive in the non-German collective memory.
- One reason why Checkpoint Charlie is visited by tourists from all over the world today is that the history of Berlin's division can be experienced and felt here.
- On October 22, 1961 U.S. diplomat Allan Lightner attempted to pass through Checkpoint Charlie to attend the opera in East Berlin.
- Since Checkpoint Charlie was one of the few gaps in the maze of barriers, barbed wire and guard towers that made up the Berlin Wall, it attracted many...
- Checkpoint Charlie was Berlin’s best-known crossing point between what was before 1990 communist East Berlin and the American-controlled sector of...
- Checkpoint Charlie was first set up in August 1961, when communist East Germany erected the Berlin Wall to prevent its citizens from fleeing to the...
- It was the third checkpoint built on the borders of West Berlin and called C Charlie, following the NATO phonetic alphabet.
- The nearby Wall Museum at Checkpoint Charlie provides a comprehensive exploration of the Berlin Wall’s history and the stories of those affected by its presence.
- Checkpoint Charlie became the only way for people to cross from East to West Berlin.