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CHECKPOINT CHARLIE
Checkpoint Charlie |
The Checkpoint “Charlie” was built on 13 August 1961, and until 1990 it was the only crossing point for foreigners between East and West. Based on the phonetic alphabet the other checkpoint at Helmstedt was called “Alpha” and the checkpoint at Dreilinden “Bravo” Checkpoint.
Checkpoint Charlie |
The main function of the checkpoint was to register and inform members of the Western Military Forces before they entered East Berlin. Foreign tourists were also informed but not always checked in the West. In 1990 the checkpoint was removed. You can visit the former guardhouses in the Allied Museum. The rich collection of the museum includes documentations of the Cold War border conflicts and of the construction of the Wall. |
MARTIN-GROPIUS-BAU
Originally the Martin-Gropius-Bau was built in 1881 as an arts and crafts museum by the architects Martin Gropius and Heino Schmieden. The Renaissance-style building has got a wonderful interior courtyard, an impressive atrium and rich decorations.
In 1945 the building was badly damaged during the last weeks of the War. The reconstruction began in 1978 under the direction of the architects Winnetou Kampmann and Ute Westström, since then the Martin-Gropius-Bau become one of the most famous and most beautiful exhibition halls in Germany. The exhibitions attract millions of visitors. Another restoration followed in 1999 and since then the building houses different series of exhibitions of art, photography and architecture. |
TOPOGRAPHIE DES TERRORS
The area of “Topographie des Terros” is situated between Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse, Wilhelmstrasse and Anhalter Strasse. During the Third Reich it was the most frightening address in Berlin. Between 1933 and 1945 it was the seat of the most terrifying Nazi political departments, who made of this area the government district of National Socialist Germany. It´s the size where terror and murder were planned and organized. After the War the buildings were pulled down. In 1987 an exhibition which shows Nazi crimes was created in the former torture cells. Since 1998 a new museum by Peter Zumthor is under construction. |
JÜDISCHES MUSEUM
Jüdisches Museum |
The Jewish Museum, designed by Daniel Libeskind, is one of the most significant example of contemporary architecture in Berlin. Originally it was a museum opened in 1933 before Hitler came to his power. The former collection was shut down by the Gestapo in 1938.
The home towns of famous Jews are linked together into a matrix which forms the structure of the building. Inside is the windowless Holocaust Tower. Outside there is the Garden of Exile and Emigration that consists of 49 pillars arranged in seven rows and seven columns. The exhibition of the museum concentrate on the three main themes: Judaism and Jewish life, the devastating effects of the Holocaust and the post-World War II rebuilding of Jewish life in Germany. The museum presents the history of German-Jewish through objects, works of art and documentation. |
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