Allied Checkpoint C

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Cold War site border crossing historical landmark

Allied Checkpoint C, better known as Checkpoint Charlie, was the most famous crossing point between East and West Berlin during the Cold War and a key symbol of the division between the Eastern Bloc and the West.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War site ⓘ
border crossing ⓘ
historical landmark ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Checkpoint C NERFINISHED ⓘ
Checkpoint Charlie NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Cold War espionage NERFINISHED ⓘ
escape attempts from East Berlin ⓘ
controlledBy United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Allies NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryAtTime East Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
crossedBetween East Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
demarcatedBorderBetween American sector of Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet sector of Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedAfter construction of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
establishedIn 1961 ⓘ
featuredIn films about the Cold War ⓘ
literature about Berlin Wall ⓘ
hasNearbyMuseum Mauermuseum – Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReplica border sign ⓘ
guardhouse ⓘ
locatedIn Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Berlin-Mitte NERFINISHED ⓘ
Friedrichstraße NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
namedBy Western Allies NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameOrigin letter C in NATO phonetic alphabet sequence of checkpoints (A, B, C) ⓘ
nearbyStreet Mauerstraße NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zimmerstraße NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent 1961 tank standoff between US and Soviet forces ⓘ
notUsedFor German civilians crossing ⓘ
oppositeSideControlledBy German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Berlin Wall border system NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Allied Checkpoint A NERFINISHED ⓘ
Allied Checkpoint B NERFINISHED ⓘ
status no longer an active border crossing ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
symbolOf Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ
division between Eastern Bloc and the West ⓘ
division of Berlin ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ
tourism one of the most visited Cold War sites in Berlin ⓘ
usedFor allied military personnel crossing ⓘ
foreigners crossing between East and West Berlin ⓘ

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Checkpoint Charlie (border crossing to West Berlin) → alsoKnownAs → Allied Checkpoint C ⓘ
subject surface form: Checkpoint Charlie