Berlinmuren i juni 1990 tæt ved Checkpoint Charlie. Selv om der stadigvæk på dette tidspunkt formelt var grænsekontrol, kunne man fuldstændig uhindret hugge souveniers ud af muren, og reelt var der ingen kontrol med om man var på den ene eller den anden side. Selv om grænsevagterne i DDR ikke lige er en befolkningsgruppe der er ombølget af mest sympati, må det i sandhed have været en meget mærkelig situation for dem at befinde sig i, og dem der var at se, så også ud som om de havde svært ved at finde en grimasse der kunne passe.

The Berlin Wall in June 1990 next to Checkpoint Charlie. At this time there was still formally passport control and customs at the checkpoints, but in reality there was no control with which side of the wall you were on, and everyone had free access to chop souvenirs (pieces of concrete) out of the wall. The East German frontier guards were certainly not surrounded by popularity on either side, but it must indeed have been a very strange situation for them to be in, and although they attempted to maintain some dignity they looked very uncertain and defeated.