Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall crossing place that came to symbolise the Cold War has degenerated into a seedy tourist trap which uses actors posing as border guards in a failed attempt to recrea ...

Berlin's iconic Checkpoint Charlie, the old US-controlled crossing point between East and West Berlin, has long been a tourist hotspot — and a photo with one ...

Checkpoint Charlie, ground zero in the Cold War split between East and West, is a top attraction for Berlin tourists. It is now threatened with development that could overshadow the site.

Checkpoint Charlie, the former border checkpoint between East and West Berlin, is set to get a major makeover after city authorities approved a redevelopment plan following years of debate.

Workers on Tuesday began removing crosses at Berlin’s former Checkpoint Charlie after a museum lost a court battle to keep the memorial to people killed at the East German border during the Cold ...

It was late in 1961 in Berlin, and the Soviets and East Germans had started sealing off the city and country, one of the major crises of the Cold War.

EDUARD'S HOMECOMING A Novel; By Peter Schneider, Translated from the German by John Brownjohn; Farrar, Straus & Giroux; 307 pp., $25 ...

Three decades ago, on Nov. 9, 1989, U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Rafferty was at home in West Berlin when word came over the Armed Forces Network that East Germans would soon be able to travel unimpeded ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — It was late in 1961 in Berlin, and the Soviets and East Germans had started sealing off the city and country, one of the major crises of the Cold War. “I can’t remember ...

Checkpoint Charlie, the former border checkpoint between East and West Berlin, is set to get a major makeover after city authorities approved a redevelopment plan following years of debate.