"CHECKPOINT CHARLIE by listenandlearn
This happens to be one of the most popular among all the touristy places in Berlin we had visited; it was exciting with much action among all of us tourists. It is also quite colourful and let?s not forget the top and very commercialized place to visit in Berlin.This was the earlier or previous border crossing of the Soviet and the American tanks which faced off the following the construction of the Wall in August year 1961.
We understand there has been quite a few replicas of this CHECKPOINT CHARLIE, as often as they change it is more and more exciting to see.
Many teams of the international architects have been drafted to redesign the no-man?s land with instructions to merge the eastern as well as the western parts of the city.
Few steps from this CHECKPOINT CHARLIE", you will find a quite interesting museum, as we said, it?s quite interesting as there you will see genuine history, photos of Adolph Hitler and many heavy world wide history of Berlin as well as many other parts of Berlin. These museum is not at all cheap, it costs us a little over ten euros just to walk around this tiny museum although full of black and white photos of well known historic of Berlin. The photos my wife did not care to see although it was there and well displayed are the photos of the topographies des terrors, these were the horrible terror or the secret police where the Gestapo and Hitler?s fellow man were, also photos of the Sachsenhausen....showing those horrible Nazis and those extermination camps located all over Berlin...those are just the things my wife did not care to see as it made her cry ...not that she knew anyone in particular it?s just in human acts.
Although the museum is yes quite interesting and if you find the time then we would suggest you visit it.
CHECKPOINT CHARLIE is open to public with long hours from 9 in the morning till 10 in the evening.. This is also known as Memorial to Wall Poor Naive Victims.