Sheet 19900730 Photo 13

Image of sheet 19900730 photo 13: Am Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin verkaufen Polen alte DDR Uniformen und Flaggen etc. Im Hintergrund steht 'Neue Zeit'. Verkäufer ist uniformiert. Alter Mann hinter den Mützen. Former Checkpoint Wallborder to East-Germany GDR. An old Polish Citizen is sitting near old military uniforms from various Eastern Countries. The Pole is selling these uniforms to travellers who visit whatever is left over from the 'Wall'. Potsdamer-Platz ist besetzt von Obdachlosen in Zelten. Refugees from the Eastern block are sitting in front of their tents on the Potsdamerplatz near the former wall that divided East- and Westgermany. Trabant fährt auf der Ebertstrasse auf ehemaligem Mauerstreifen. Brandenburger Tor Brandenburg Gate ohne Skulptur Quadriga. Frau fotografiert. Schwarzmarkt. Polenmarkt. Volks- Polizei bricht illegale Verkaufsstände ab. Alte kontrolliert ihre Kasse Portemonnaie in Pankov. Deutschland 1990 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. The Soviet Union prompted the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961 to stem the flow of Eastern Bloc emigration westward through what had become a loophole in the Soviet border system, preventing escape over the city sector border from East Berlin to West Berlin. Checkpoint Charlie became a symbol of the Cold War, representing the separation of east and west, and—for some East Germans—a gateway to freedom. Soviet and American tanks briefly faced off at the location during the Berlin Crisis of 1961.
Color: Black & White
Type: Negative
Country: Deutschland
Region: Berlin
Place: Checkpoint Charlie
Date: Sep 25, 1990
Keywords: Industrie und Gewerbe, Tourismus, Markt