26th june 1963
Arrival :
JFK first arrives at Tegel airport then goes to Kongresshalle where he meets the syndicate.
His second visit is for Brandenburg gate. There are red curtains placed by the East so that the president can clearly see the message addressed to him. It mentions that Roosvelt and Thruman signed the Yalta and Postdam agreements about eleminating german militarism and asks when it will be the case in West Berlin.
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| JFK at Check Point Charlie |
Check Point Charlie :
At midday, Kennedy visits the famous Check Point Charlie.
it was one of the three checkpoints which permitted to pass through the Berlin Wall. It got its name because it was point "C" in the alphabet : C for Charlie. In 1962, Checkpoint Charlie was the only way for the tourists to cross the border from West to East and back.
Schoenberg Rathaus :
Finaly, JFK arrives at the city hall, Schoenberg Rathaus, where a huge crowd (approximatively 120 000 Berliners) gathered to hear him. They were there long before the president arrived and give him a great ovation. East-Berliners looked at him from the other side of the wall under the eyes of the eastern police.
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| Kennedy's speech |
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