Checkpoint Charlie

• Workers Dismantle Memorial by Checkpoint Charlie

BERLIN -- Locals and tourists watched in dismay Tuesday as workers pulled up wooden crosses and ripped out a reconstructed section of the Berlin Wall, fulfilling a court order to dismantle a private memorial to people killed at the East German border. Bailiffs and workers arrived at dawn to take down the memorial erected by owners of the nearby Checkpoint Charlie museum. The owners had refused to remove it after their lease on the land expired in December.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• July 06, 2005

• Berlin Wall Memorial to Be Razed ; City Supports Demolition at Checkpoint Charlie Site

A privately built memorial to the victims of the Berlin Wall is to be bulldozed on July 4, when a lease on the property near the former Checkpoint Charlie runs out, angering backers of the project and conservative politicians. But the Socialist-led city government in Berlin has said that it is content to see the memorial taken down and there has been no move to prevent it from the government of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who is in Washington today seeking support for a permanent German seat on the U.N. Security Council.

• The Washington Times
• June 27, 2005

• Checkpoint Charlie Tribute Dismantled; Memorial Was Dedicated to Those Killed at East German Border

BERLIN Locals and tourists watched in dismay Tuesday as workers pulled up wooden crosses and ripped out a reconstructed section of the Berlin Wall, fulfilling a court order to dismantle a private memorial to people killed at the East German border. Bailiffs and workers arrived at dawn to take down the memorial erected by owners of the nearby Checkpoint Charlie museum. The owners had refused to remove it after their lease on the land expired in December.

• The Columbian
• July 06, 2005

• Granny's Notes ; Through Checkpoint Charlie and Into Another World

Last Monday, I wrote about five teenage friends and their three mothers sharing a memorable summer tour in Britain - sometimes staying in youth hostels. Later in the trip we crossed to the continent and visited Germany and France. My husband, W. F. (Chub) Gerard joined us - to help drive our rented VW van while we were on the continent. Al Bloom, a former German exchange student in Missouri and a close friend of the Cronan family, accompanied us in Germany to translate and to keep us Missourians out of trouble. Al also showed us around their colorfully decorated, old German town. Al's mother and some helpers prepared a great meal, including light wine for all, including our young people. We enjoyed visiting in two languages. Our overnight accommodations in town were at a "pension," wher...

• Columbia Daily Tribune
• July 17, 2006

• Memorial Crosses Removed in Berlin, Private Museum at Checkpoint Charlie Loses Court Battle

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN - Workers today began removing a field of crosses at Berlin's former Checkpoint Charlie after a privately run museum lost a court battle to keep the memorial to people killed at the East German border during the Cold War.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• July 08, 2005

• Pres. Ronald Reagan Honored for Liberating Eastern Europe at 'Checkpoint Charlie' Museum in Berlin On 22nd Anniversary of Famous Speech

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• U.S. Newswire
• June 12, 2009

• Your Views

Reagan's role omitted IN 1972 I STOOD at Checkpoint Charlie of the Berlin Wall as a serviceman who proudly served his country for nearly 20 years. I thought at the time that it would be truly wonderful if the wall came down.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• November 15, 2009

• Our Readers Say: 'After the Wall Came Down'

After the wall came down In the spring of 1989 Jay and I were resident faculty with the University of Redlands Salzburg program. We went through Checkpoint Charlie and visited several cities in East Germany. Then we went to what was then Czechoslovakia and visited with some students at the university in Prague.

• Redlands Daily Facts
• November 11, 2009

• The Record On the Road: Hands-On Learning in Berlin

Students from Ramapo Indian Hills High School visited Berlin and Denmark this summer to study the Cold War, fall of communism, the environment and the economy of the European Union. Part of their study was to read an "Uncivil Society" by Dr. Stephen Kotkin of Princeton University. Hank Bitten and Elizabeth Johnson were the teacher chaperones. Tip: We stayed in Mitte (Central Berlin) and had easy access to the Reichstag, Brandenburg Gate, Checkpoint Charlie, restaurants and shopping.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• December 27, 2011

• Smoky Dining Goes Up in Smoke

Think nothing ever changes? Hang around long enough and you'll find that's not quite so. In a geopolitical sense, the invincible boogeyman of my youth, the Soviet empire, crumbled. Checkpoint Charlie evolved into a tourist attraction. German marks, French francs, Italian liras and a bunch of other distinctive currencies melded into common coin.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• April 02, 2007