Checkpoint Charlie ("Checkpoint C"), Cold War, Berlin, Germany

These are a few photos taken in Berlin, at Checkpoint Charlie (or "Checkpoint C") was the name given by the Western Allies to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War. The Soviet Union prompted the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 to stop Eastern Bloc emigration westward through the Soviet border system, preventing escape across the

46 & 47, Berlin

Bode Museum, Berlin, Germany

This is a photo of the Bode Museum, one of the group of museums on the Museum Island in Berlin, Germany. The museum, a historically preserved building, was designed by architect Ernst von Ihne and completed in 1904. Originally called the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum after Emperor Frederick III, the museum was renamed in honour of its first curator, Wilhelm von Bode, in 1956.

Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany

Ampelmännchen (little traffic light man) by Karl Peglau (1927–2009), Berlin, Germany

This photo was taken in Berlin, Germany, and represents the Ampelmännchen (little traffic light man). This is the symbolic person shown on traffic lights at pedestrian crossings in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR -East Germany). Prior to the German reunification in 1990, the two German states had different forms for the Ampelmännchen, with a generic human figure in West Germany, and a