Fiedrichstrasse
Berlin, Germany

Checkpoint Charlie "Checkpoint C" was the name given by the Western Allies to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Germany and West Germany 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.

The machine is now located next to the Berlin black box exhibit just north of the checkpoint. Designs are:
1) 'In Memory of Checkpoint Charley Berlin',
2) 'Checkpoint Charley Berlin, Make Love Not War, Hand in peace symbol,
3) 'Deutsche Teilung 1949 - 1990, Checkpoint Charley Berlin', image of checkpoint.

Retired singles:
1) 'Ick Bin ein Berliner, 20 Jun 1963 Berlin, Germany', Kennedy bust,
2) 'Berlin', Tower & Brick structure.

3/19/20: Scan added