Checkpoint Charlie was the only crossing point between East and West Berlin for foreigners after the wall was erected (1961) until it fell (1989). This security…
The last Soviet flag (this is a copy) to fly at this very place in Berlin to greet foreign visitors to the beginning of the Soviet world, extending throughout…
An original piece of wall and East Germany border marker.
Plaque commemorating the rule of Breshniev, originally placed at the entrance of his own house after his death, now at Checkpoint Charlie.
"You are leaving the American sector" (this is a copy).
"You are entering the American sector" (other side of the same board, see previous picture).
The Trabant was the main car driven by East Germans, produced with virtually no change from 1957 to 1959. A robust but rudimentary car.
Limo Trabant (a recent modification to the original Trabant).