Checkpoint Alpha

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Checkpoint Alpha was a Cold War–era Allied border crossing point on the transit route between West Germany and West Berlin.

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Label Occurrences
Checkpoint Alpha canonical 4
Allied Checkpoint Alpha 1

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War site
border crossing
alsoKnownAs Checkpoint Alpha
surface form: Allied Checkpoint Alpha

Helmstedt checkpoint
borderBetween West Germany
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany

East Germany
surface form: German Democratic Republic
checkpointType road border crossing
closedAfter German reunification
connectsTo West Berlin
West Germany
controlledBy Allied military authorities
West Germany
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany (later years)
country West Germany
currentUse historical site and museum area
hasMemorial memorial site at former Helmstedt–Marienborn crossing
hasNearbyTown Helmstedt
hasSuccessor German domestic border crossing after reunification
historicalPeriod post–World War II Europe
languageOfName English
locatedIn Germany
Helmstedt
Lower Saxony
locatedOn Autobahn A2
surface form: Bundesautobahn 2

transit route between West Germany and West Berlin
namedAfter first letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet
operatedDuring Cold War
operatedFrom 1945
operatedUntil 1990
oppositeCheckpoint Marienborn border crossing
partOf Allied checkpoints Alpha, Bravo, Charlie system
inner German border
surface form: Inner German border
significance main Allied access point to West Berlin by road from West Germany
startPointOf Berlin–Magdeburg railway
surface form: Helmstedt–Berlin transit corridor
usedBy France
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States

Allies of World War II
surface form: Western Allies

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Checkpoint Charlie follows Checkpoint Alpha
Checkpoint Charlie (border crossing to West Berlin) precededBy Checkpoint Alpha
subject surface form: Checkpoint Charlie
Allied-occupied Berlin hadCheckpoint Checkpoint Alpha
Checkpoint Alpha alsoKnownAs Checkpoint Alpha
this entity surface form: Allied Checkpoint Alpha
Checkpoint Bravo comparedWith Checkpoint Alpha