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Haus am Checkpoint Charlie: Interview with Alexandra Hildebrandt from the Berlin Wall Museum

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10. November, 1989, nahe des Checkpoint Charlie. Ostdeutsche Grenzpolizisten weigern sich, die Hand eines Westberliners zu schütteln. Source: AAP Image/ AP Photo/Lutz Schmidt

It used to be one of Berlin's most popular squares, but during the Cold War it became the site of the infamous Checkpoint Charlie. To find out more, SBS reporter Daniel Salg caught up with human rights activist Alexandra Hildebrandt from the Berlin Wall Museum.

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It used to be one of Berlin's most popular squares, but during the Cold War it became the site of the infamous Checkpoint Charlie. To find out more, SBS reporter Daniel Salg caught up with human rights activist Alexandra Hildebrandt from the Berlin Wall Museum.

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