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Berlin Tour Returns from East Berlin Visit Through Check Point Charlie
A first person account documents a September 15 1963 bus tour from West Berlin to East Berlin including Check Point Charlie inspections and guard vigilance. The writer describes no photography allowed zones, the wall and its defenses, and remarks on daily life in East Berlin, then recounts post visit travel to West Berlin and onward flights to Brussels New York and Chicago before returning home to Iowa with reflections on the experience.
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East Berlin
Charlie
Berlin
Hitler
West Berlin
Congress Hall
Wall
Daugher
America
New Berlin
House of Commerce
Friedhehm
Department of Agriculture
Doctor Shing
Ames
Frankfort
Germany
European Air Lines
Sabena
Brussels
Belgium
New York
Atlantic
Netherlands
Prince Edward Island
Maine
Massachusetts
Idelwild
Moscow
Russia
International Hotel
Chicago
Europe
Fairfield
Dora
Roland