Talk about rockin’ the free world. A new Hard Rock Hotel will be built in Germany adjacent to Checkpoint Charlie, one of the most famous crossing points for the Cold War-era Berlin Wall. The ...

One of the most iconic reminders of the Cold War era, Checkpoint Charlie, was dismantled on 1990. The iconic checkpost served ...

HEIDELBERG, Germany -- At a traffic intersection in downtown Berlin almost 50 years ago this week, tensions between the United States and the former Soviet Union nearly escalated to the point of ...

Berlin's city council wants to get rid of a memorial at the site of Checkpoint Charlie, a security gate on the Berlin Wall. Hundreds of black crosses represent those killed trying to escape East ...

Berlin — German authorities have banned actors from posing as American GIs at Checkpoint Charlie, the historic U.S.-controlled border crossing between communist East and West Berlin. Tourists ...

Checkpoint Charlie is ranked #18 out of 20 things ... and indeed you will find chilling stories of those who escaped from East to West via the Berlin Wall ... #10 in Best Places to Visit in Germany.

Berlin – Every Berliner knows him. And millions of tourists have taken photos with a picture of him. His faded, larger-than-life-sized portrait has loomed for 25 years over Checkpoint Charlie ...

Research by Germany's Checkpoint Charlie museum, which is still identifying "border-related" deaths, found that 483 people died or were killed at the heavily-guarded wall, which separated the ...

Checkpoint Charlie is once again home to the Berlin Wall and the Cold War. Two new attractions aim to cater for tourists hungry for information about the historic site at the heart of the German ...

Rafferty’s reflections also are included in the new book “Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, The Berlin Wall, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth” (Scribner, $30) by Iain MacGregor. A ...