This GDR border tower is opposite the American observation tower at Point Alpha. The soldiers from America and the GDR border troops could virtually look each other in the eyes.

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Former observation tower of the GDR border troops on the inner-German border, now part of the “Point Alpha Museum”.

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Elevation 410 m

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Sunday 15 March

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-1°C

19 %

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Location: Geisa, Wartburgkreis, Thuringia, Germany

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