Although the wall was opened in November 1989 and the checkpoint booth removed on June 22, 1990, the checkpoint remained
Although the wall was opened in November 1989 and the checkpoint booth removed on June 22, 1990, the checkpoint remained an official crossing for foreigners and diplomats until German reunification during October 1990 when the guard house was removed; it is now on display in the open-air museum of the Allied Museum in Berlin-Zehlendorf. The course of the former wall and border is now marked in the street with a line of cobblestones. A copy of the guard house and sign that once marked the border crossing was later built where Checkpoint Charlie once was. It resembles the first guard house erected during 1961, behind a sandbag barrier towards the border. Over the years it was replaced several times by guard houses of different sizes and layouts.
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Location: Zimmerstraße, Freidrichstadt, Berlin, Germany
Photo credit: © Phillip Thomas / Alamy / Afripics
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