During decades Berlin was the “nerve centre” of Europe…
And Checkpoint Charlie was the “nerve centre” of Berlin…
And Checkpoint Charlie was the “nerve centre” of Berlin…

at Checkpoint Charlie, Oct. 27th, 1961
From Wikipedia – Checkpoint Charlie
You can read more about this historical incident at Wikipedia
“Stand-off between U.S. and Soviet tanks”
Berlin website
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Ach, ich liebe Berlin! Mon grand père était berlinois, mais je n'y suis allée pour la première fois que dans les années 2000.
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Impressive pictures. Still makes me shudder when I'm thinking of the past. A part of my family manages do escape East Germany a few years after the wall was built.
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Berlin ist schön, ich weiß.
Können Sie auch Deutsch sprechen.
Trinken Sie viel Kaffee und da viel
Kuchen essen……. LOL
Another language Lèia for study
maybe something for you !?!?
🙂
Amazing photo's :))))))
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Merci de parler du Mur de Berlin or
“Iron curtain or Shame's Wall
et du nouveau Berlin
Please take look on my blog “Bruno et le mur de Berlin” and “Bruno said du 09 au 14 nov.2009.
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Excellent historical post and reminder.
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Oh, I'm so happy to see pictures from your trip! That was neat that you included Checkpoint Charlie. It's important to not forget that part of history. It looks and sounds like you had a wonderful time there. I'm so glad.
Vicki
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I remember pictures like your first one from the evening news when I was a girl. How much has changed since then!
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amazing
love those history informations
so many interesting things that we do not even imagine that happened in the WWII
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interesting images
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We have come so far since then, and yet, in some ways we have not come quite so far. We can and do learn much from history, yet we more often than not fail to apply its lessons.
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I love to see and read about history it's great you got actually got to go there and remember what happened and have hope for the future….Barb
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How many years lost in a nightmare for this wonderful city!
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That was a very scary time and I barely remember it from when I was a child and I saw it on TV. Thanks for posting!
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When I used to see this place in old movies I would wonder about the people on the eastside and about the spying on both sides. This is a very interesting and historical place. Thanks for showing it.
Weekend Reflections will be going on while I'm gone. So you and anyone who wants to can use it. 🙂
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I am reading or finished reading a story about one of the young kids who lived through the last days of the war in Berlin. I found it most interesting.
“Berlin Dance of Death” is the name of the book and the author is Helmut Altner, translated by Tony Le Tissier. Copyright in 2002. I bought my copy from Amazon.com.
Your photographs are beautiful.
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I'd like to visit Berlin some day. I'm sure it's very clean and modern.
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What an interesting post. Your photos show us the history of this place, great shots my friend.
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I've heard of Checkpoint Charlie, but don't think I ever saw photos. Thanks for showing this.
We used to hear the adults talking of those terrible times.
Melbourne Daily Photo
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What a wonderful and memorable series of photos! Merci beaucoup! I lived through those days and they were quite frightening…we didn't know what would happen or when.
In 1961, I was still in the Naval Reserve, and received a notice to get my uniforms in order and be ready to ship out on a moment's notice…this was with regard to the Soviet missiles in Cuba…
At the time we had just bought a house in Scottsdale, Arizona and had two little children.
Fortunately, it came to naught, but it wasn't much fun!
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Dear Friends, hownice to see photos of the one of my favourite cities:) And it's only 4,5 hour by car from the olace I live!!! So maybe next time?
Hugs
Joo
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It seems hard to believe these days that the city, the country and whole of Europe were totally divided. It is good there are some symbols to remind us.
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wow a little history to know about =)
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Seems you visited quite and important place!
Hope you had nice time with friendly people, clean streets, quite clearly missing here in India now-a-days!
Long-tailed Shrike
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Such an interesting post. Thank goodness times have changed.
Enjoy your day.
Sunny 🙂
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Believe it or not, although I've been in Germany I've never visited Berlim!… I know, I know… It's a shame!
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My husband was there before the wall came down. He was just talking about it last week, so I love seeing these pictures!
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Fantastic historical essay in photographs. Wonderfully done and so interesting to see.
Leia – you must know that you take really marvellous photographs.
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I just MUST go back to Berlin! Was there last time in 1962! … and I of course passed Checkpoint Charlie (with some administrative difficulties, especially going back to the West)!
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