Original Checkpoint Charlie sign, as would have been seen from the East Berlin side. Only the guard house and sign remain, and is an excellent example of how Germany chooses to remember Nazism, WWII, and the splitting of the country during the Cold War: yes it happened, and we should remember it and take what we can from it, but shouldn’t get bogged down doing so.
Original Checkpoint Charlie sign, as would have been seen from the East Berlin side. Only the guard house and sign remain, and is an excellent example of how Germany chooses to remember Nazism, WWII, and the splitting of the country during the Cold War: yes it happened, and we should remember it and take what we can from it, but shouldn’t get bogged down doing so.