The home of freedom since 1963
It happened at Checkpoint Charlie
Checkpoint Charlie was the most well-known border crossing between West and East. In October 1961 American and Soviet tanks faced each other while the USA defended the fundamental rights of the status of Berlin.
For Freedom
Checkpoint Charlie continuously finds itself the site of demonstrations, and escapes succeed (the museum also houses an Isetta repurposed for escape purposes) or fail shortly before the white border line. On 17 August 1962 Peter Fechter bleeds to death in the death strip before the eyes of the world.
On 22 June 1990 Checkpoint Charlie is demolished in a festive ceremony in the presence of the foreign ministers of the four Allied powers of World War II and the two German states.
