House at Checkpoint Charlie - Mauermuseum

2010年 1月 12日(火曜日) 15:12

Berlin Guide - Museums

The House at Checkpoint Charlie today demonstrates a vast variety of exhibits of original accessories, which was used by the refugees to run away from GDR. The privately operated museum documents the history of German partition.You have to see the tiny car,which trunk was not examined at the border, because no frontiersmen could imagine that someone could hide in it. Or the two "constructed" together suitcases, which also someone used to escape. One of the most impressive exhibits is certainly the "Selbstschuss-Geräte", with which the GDR closed the border to West Germany.
The first exhibition - opened on 19 October 1962 - was situated in an apartment with 2 1/2 rooms in the famous Bernauer Strasse. In its entire length, the road was divided, with the houses in the east evacuated fully, and windows closed. The sharp visit encouraged to seek new spaces: On 14 June 1963 opened the "Haus am Checkpoint Charlie" in the last building directly in front of the border. Here, the escape-helpers were able to control the movements on the border crossing through a small window, here the fugitive were always welcome and supported, here the escape plans were devised.

Adress

House at Checkpoint Charlie - Mauermuseum
Friedrichstraße 43-45
10969 Berlin (Mitte)
Telefon: (030) 2537250
Mauermuseum WEB

Access

U-bahn: U6 Stadtmitte, Kochstr
Bus: U Stadtmitte/Leipziger Str.: 347
Jerusalemer Str.: 347

Opening Hours

Monday - Saturday: 9 am - 10 pm

Ticket prices

Normal: 12,50 EUR
Reduced: 7,50 EUR

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