🇩🇪✨ WALKING THROUGH HISTORY AT CHECKPOINT CHARLIE!
This morning, I visited Checkpoint Charlie, one of the most iconic symbols of the Cold War and the division of Germany. For decades, this famous crossing point separated West Berlin from East Germany and became a powerful reminder of the struggle between freedom and oppression. Standing here today, it is hard to imagine that families, friends, and entire lives were once divided by walls, checkpoints, and political barriers. Now a place of remembrance and reflection, Checkpoint Charlie tells a story of resilience, hope, and the triumph of reunification.
#CheckpointCharlie #BerlinHistory #ColdWarHistory #VisitBerlin #NeverForget
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Am Rathaus Schöneberg sprach Kennedy.
Am Checkpoint Charlie schwieg er — und blickte in den Maschinenraum des Kalten Krieges.
Die entscheidende Frage ist nicht nur: Wer stand neben ihm? Sondern: Welche Apparate hatten diesen Blick vorbereitet?
#JFK #Berlin #CheckpointCharlie #KalterKrieg
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Quack! 🦆
East German Banknote - 200 Marks etsy.me/4x4ttg2 via @Etsy
#german #eastgermany #german #eastgerman #mark #marks #oldmoney #papermoney #numismatics #banknote #berlinwall #coldwar #warsawpact #socialism #communist #berlin #checkpointcharlie #european #GDR
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**Yo Brainrot Nation 🧠💀**
**Roadtrip Arc – #89: Checkpoint Charlie**
Bro, after the emotional moment at the Wall and Oma’s Sachertorte recovery, the squad was recharged and ready for the next stop.
Special shoutout to ** @konet_wit_Amadu ** for the fire idea — thanks Amadu! We’re rolling with it 🔥
Next destination: **Checkpoint Charlie**.
They made their way through the Berlin streets and arrived at the famous former border crossing. The historic signs, the replica guardhouse, the old photos on display — it all hit different after Oma’s stories. More memories came up, more laughs, and the squad took it all in together.
Ape was quietly observing, Oma sharing bits and pieces with a smile again, Brainrot filming the vibe, and Laika staying close.
**History hitting hard at Checkpoint Charlie.**
What do you think happens next? More stories? Random tourist chaos? Or does the squad keep the sweet momentum going?
Drop your ideas below 👇
#BrainrotLedger #RoadtripArc #CheckpointCharlie #OmasStories #BerlinDay1 #ThanksAmadu @konet_wit_Amadu
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An exhibition “Growing up waiting for their fathers” has opened at the #BerlinWallMuseum at #CheckpointCharlie, focusing on the children of Crimean Tatar political prisoners who are growing up without their fathers, illegaly detained by Russia.
➡️zmina.ua/en/event-en/growing…
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For the US to plausibly execute any control over the Straits, they would need to establish a permanent physical presence there.
How exactly would they propose to do so? Take up permanent residence in Iran? By establishing an Iranian coastal base?
Does the US think they treat the Straits of Hormuz like a #CheckpointCharlie like their time occupying Berlin?
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We will have to close the interstates and install entry checkpoints at every entrance to #Tennessee because Judges won't retain criminals in jails.
It's coming, if nothings changes ... #CheckPointCharlie
@timburchett @AndyOgles @Senjessieseal @SenatorBriggs @MontyFritts4TN
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Miss P is locked and loaded today! Breakfast set up looks good! #excitingdayahead #checkpointcharlie #palaceoftears #somesuitcasesincoming
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A very unsubtle message & totally warranted imo for the Russians at the iconic #CheckpointCharlie
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13 Dec 2025
Die haben womöglich einfach genug von den ständigen Demos der Judenhasser Schreihälse der🇵🇸#Hamas Filiale am #CheckpointCharlie
US 🇺🇸Touristen sind regelmäßig entsetzt, an diesem historischen Ort eine Bühne für #Khamenei Proxies – boots-on-the-ground für #Putin – vorzufinden.
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Found one more of these, again, from the same trip. #CheckPointCharlie
9 Nov 2025
The place where it all started ... (I took this photo in March 2012 while on a business trip to Berlin, through the Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program). #MauerFall
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#9Nov Caída del Muro de Berlín #BerlinWall
Foto1: T. Noir 1986 Berliner Mauer
13 agosto 1961 muro inútil=utopía socialista Pero cae el 9 noviembre 1989 #History
11/11 #Berlín Oriental-Occidental #11Nov
#Restauración #PostDammerPlatz
Ft2: eventlocations.com
#CheckPointCharlie
9 Nov 2025
36 años de la caída del Muro de Berlín.
Los muros caen.
Martillo en mano.
Sigamos golpeando,
para conquistar la libertad.
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Still some crazy things happening since @LBofHounslow tried to ban all use of London's most popular dockless bikes across a massive area of West London
#checkpointcharlie @limebike
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Latest #CheckpointCharlie news — although @LBofHounslow has now given a little leeway to @limebike users, it seems to have had the reverse effect of what was intended
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Interesting interview about the hire bike shambles in @LBofHounslow
#CheckpointCharlie
chiswickcalendar.co.uk/the-s…
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Hounslow Council's #CheckpointCharlie error — my take on what happened here.
cc @daraobriain @WeAreCyclingUK @forestbike_uk @voitechnology @limebike @willnorman @MayorofLondon @Heidi_Labour @MikeyCycling @IndieChris71 @London_Cycling @but_cyclists @BritishCycling @roadcc
Someone outbid someone else. Simple as that. The excellent transport councillor @katherinedunne is pro-cycling but has no power to overrule when the officers have to examine bids using certain precise metrics. Unfortunately the metrics do not include questions such as:
Do you actually live in Hounslow? (One person involved in the decision apparently lives abroad)
How often do you, as a council officer, use ebikes?
Do you have the right or the power to stop @limebike motors working even if they're just passing through? (They think they do, which is nuts).
Can you consider the effect of allowing Voi bikes to park when they break down as soon as they cross the border?
Can you consider the effect of licensing Forest when there are so few in central London compared to Lime? Voi are invisible in central London.
And on, and on...
It's now one of the most famous 21st-century examples in English local govt of an elephantine mess-up and I don't think it will ever be cleared up. I have to walk into the next borough to hire a bike. Imagine building a cycle lane and then destroying dockless cycling for a whole quadrant of London. The last month Lime operated they had 90,000 bike journeys stop/start in @LBofHounslow. I would be surprised if it is even above 10,000 now.
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על פי חשבון ה X רק (#Rak)
על קיר בצומת הצ'קפוינט צ'רלי בברלין הוקרנו דמותם של מחבלי חיזבאללה המנוטרלים חסן נסראללה והאשם ספי א-דין.
שוב תמיכה בטרור בגלוי בבירת גרמניה ברלין.
#B0810
#Berlin
#ברלין
#CheckpointCharlie
#גרמניה
#Germany
#FreeBerlinFromTerror
9 Oct 2025
Was läuft am Checkpoint Charlie schief?
Wieso werden neutralisierte Hisbollah-Terroristen per Beamer an die Wand projiziert?
@polizeiberlin @PolizeiBerlin_E @BfV_Bund @RegBerlin
#b0910 #B1010
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