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    Checkpoint Charlie (or "Checkpoint C") was the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War (1947–1991)...
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    Checkpoint Charlie Museum The Checkpoint Charlie Museum (German: Das Mauermuseum – Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie) is a private museum in Berlin. It...
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    A brief stand-off between American and Soviet tanks occurred at Checkpoint Charlie in October following a dispute over free movement of Allied personnel;...
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  • October 1961, Soviet and US forces confronted one another at Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie, creating the potential for all-out war between the powers. Heinz...
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    Arbeitsgemeinschaft 13 August e.V. Association (supporting association of the Checkpoint Charlie Museum), he was a close personal friend of the chairman of the anti...
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    known was the vehicle and pedestrian checkpoint at the corner of Friedrichstraße and Zimmerstraße (Checkpoint Charlie), which was restricted to Allied personnel...
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    German actress. Her 2007 portrayal of Sara Bender in Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie, based on the true story of Jutta Fleck, earned her the award for...
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  • Look up checkpoint or checkpoints in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Checkpoint may refer to: Border checkpoint, a place on the land border between two...
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    cargo. At Checkpoint Bravo (Dreilinden) and Checkpoint Charlie (Friedrichstraße), the Allied occupation forces had established checkpoints, but they were...
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    with barbed wire into the Kreuzberg district of West Berlin near Checkpoint Charlie. Their plan was initially successful as both Fechter and Kulbeik reached...
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