Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie was the main crossing point between East and West Berlin during the Cold War. It was a symbol of the separation of East and West, and a site of a brief standoff between Soviet and American tanks in 1961. After the Berlin Wall was erected in 1961, Checkpoint Charlie remained a crossing point, but its popularity increased as a tourist attraction and a symbol of the Cold War. In 1991, after the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc and the reunification of Germany, the American guard house at Checkpoint Charlie was relocated to the Allied Museum in Berlin.learn more on wikipedia