Point Alpha: Hot Spot of History

During the Cold War, Point Alpha was one of the most important US observation bases on West Germanys border with East Germany, a place where the free world faced the Iron Curtain of the communist world. Today, this former base is no longer aMoreDuring the Cold War, Point Alpha was one of the most important US observation bases on West Germanys border with East Germany, a place where the free world faced the Iron Curtain of the communist world. Today, this former base is no longer a potential flashpoint for World War III. It has been transformed into a memorial, a place were East and West can meet and remember the extremely dangerous time between 1947 and 1989, and the decades-long suffering of a subjugated population.