Checkpoint Charlie
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Checkpoint Charlie was the most famous crossing point between East and West Berlin during the Cold War, symbolizing the division between the Eastern Bloc and the Western world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Checkpoint Charlie canonical | 12 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
border crossing
ⓘ
historical site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| borderBetween |
East Germany
ⓘ
West Berlin ⓘ |
| city | Berlin ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
East Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
East German authorities
Soviet Union ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coordinateLatitude | 52.5076 ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | 13.3904 ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| crosses | Berlin Wall ⓘ |
| demolishedOriginalStructures | 1990 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1990 ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| follows |
Checkpoint Alpha
ⓘ
Checkpoint Bravo ⓘ |
| formerCountry |
East Germany
ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ |
| hasNearby | Mauermuseum – Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie ⓘ |
| hasReplica |
border sign "You are leaving the American sector"
ⓘ
guardhouse ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Berlin
ⓘ
Berlin-Mitte locality ⓘ
surface form:
Berlin-Mitte
Friedrichstraße ⓘ Germany ⓘ |
| namedAfter | NATO phonetic alphabet word "Charlie" ⓘ |
| near |
Kochstraße
ⓘ
Zimmerstraße ⓘ |
| partOf | Berlin border crossings ⓘ |
| separated |
East Berlin
ⓘ
West Berlin ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Berlin Crisis
ⓘ
surface form:
Berlin Crisis of 1961
tank standoff between US and Soviet forces in October 1961 ⓘ |
| startDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Cold War
ⓘ
division between Eastern Bloc and Western world ⓘ division of Berlin ⓘ |
| touristAttractionSince | 1990s ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Allied military personnel
ⓘ
foreign diplomats ⓘ official visitors ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mitte