Checkpoint Charlie

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Checkpoint Charlie between East Berlin and West Berlin

site of Checkpoint Charlie

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Checkpoint Charlie: Media

guard station, Berlin, Germany

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Checkpoint Charlie between East Berlin and West Berlin

Checkpoint Charlie between East Berlin and West Berlin

Checkpoint Charlie between East Berlin and West Berlin, early 1960s.

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site of Checkpoint Charlie

site of Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Germany.

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