Checkpoint Alpha

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Cold War site border crossing

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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All labels observed (2)

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 ⓘ