A teacher, pictured as the boy in the yellow coat, visited Checkpoint Charlie with his family during the late 1970s. He recalls witnessing the contrast between West Berlin’s prosperity and the heavily guarded Brandenburg Gate along the East Berlin border. This calls to mind the 16-hour intense standoff between Soviet and American tanks in 1961, representing the height of the Cold War and fear of nuclear escalation.

1978-1980

Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall

German Schools Abroad Society