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Traffic jam near Checkpoint Charlie

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

November 11 1989
Berlin, Kochstraße
Created By: Dagmar Lipper

License: Creative Commons License

Traffic jam near the Friedrichstraße border crossing (Checkpoint Charlie); the Axel-Springer tower building in the background

Depicts

car, omnibus, street, traffic

Context

fall of the Berlin Wall

Places

Checkpoint Charlie, Other places (Berlin)

Related

Original Caption

"Owing to the close proximity to Checkpoint Charlie, the crossroads just ahead of Anhalter Bahnhof were hopelessly jammed. And after a while, it wasn't just full of people wanting to go over to the Western part of the city; there were also lots of people wanting to return home, back to the East. Basically, as of a certain point, the key junctions in the whole of West Berlin were totally blocked."