Checkpoint Charlie
Former crossing point between West and East Berlin.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| How I Learned to Understand the World | Hans Rosling | turning point | On the way home from his 1966 hitchhiking trip, aged eighteen, Rosling crossed into East Berlin and walked around it all day, five years after the Wall went up. |
How I Learned to Understand the World — Hans Rosling (2019)
Source: How I Learned to Understand the World · Readwise highlight
I crossed the border at Checkpoint Charlie and spent the whole day walking around East Berlin.
- Role: turning point
- In the book: On the way home from his 1966 hitchhiking trip, aged eighteen, Rosling crossed into East Berlin and walked around it all day, five years after the Wall went up.
- Why it matters: He calls the visit an effective vaccination against extreme left-wing views.