Image of sheet 19900730 photo 3: Former Checkpoint Wallborder to East-Germany GDR. An Polish Citizen 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'. 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.

Am Checkpoint Charlie verkaufen Polen in alten Uniformen Resten aus der DDR 'Neue Zeit' steht am Gebäude, Berlin 1990.

Sheet 19900730 Photo 3

Color: Black & White
Type: Positive, Negative, Digital
Formats: 24x30
Country: Deutschland
Region: Berlin
Date: Sep 25, 1990