A ban on fake 'border guards' at Checkpoint Charlie


By AGENCY

Checkpoint Charlie is a former checkpoint connecting the former US sector with the Soviet Union sector in then divided Berlin, Germany. — AFP

The classic souvenir photo with two “American soldiers” at Checkpoint Charlie in Germany, once the border crossing from West Berlin to the East, may be off tourist checklists for good.

The people dressed in border guard uniforms charging visitors for snapshots have now been ordered by Berlin authorities to halt their business, Bild daily reported.

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