Border Troops (Grenztruppen der DDR)
GPTKB entity
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:military_organization
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| gptkbp:activeYears |
1946–1990
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| gptkbp:commanderTitle |
Chief of Border Troops
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| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:German_Democratic_Republic
|
| gptkbp:disbanded |
1990
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| gptkbp:garrison |
multiple border posts along the Inner German border and Berlin Wall
|
| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:Potsdam
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Border Troops (Grenztruppen der DDR)
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| gptkbp:motto |
"For the protection of the socialist homeland"
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| gptkbp:nativeName |
gptkb:Grenztruppen_der_DDR
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| gptkbp:notableCommander |
gptkb:Erich_Wöllner
gptkb:Klaus-Dieter_Baumgarten |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
Berlin Wall enforcement
Inner German border enforcement |
| gptkbp:notableFor |
border fortifications
border fences border patrols control of border crossings use of anti-personnel mines border checkpoints Berlin Wall watchtowers border area control border area defense border area enforcement border area guard duty border area inspection border area monitoring border area observation border area passes border area patrol duty border area patrols border area protection border area security border area surveillance border ditches border dog runs border fortification maintenance border observation towers border patrol vehicles border searchlights border surveillance equipment border zone restrictions involvement in deaths of escapees shoot-to-kill policy at the border signal fences strict border regime use of guard dogs use of tripwire automatic firing devices |
| gptkbp:parentOrganization |
gptkb:National_People's_Army_(NVA)
gptkb:Ministry_of_National_Defense_(East_Germany) |
| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Ministry_of_National_Defense_(East_Germany)
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| gptkbp:predecessor |
gptkb:Deutsche_Grenzpolizei
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| gptkbp:role |
border security
border control prevention of escapes protection of state borders |
| gptkbp:size |
up to 47,000 personnel
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| gptkbp:subordinateUnit |
gptkb:National_People's_Army_(NVA)
|
| gptkbp:successor |
Bundesgrenzschutz (in unified Germany)
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| gptkbp:uniform |
distinct green uniforms
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| gptkbp:主要职责 |
border surveillance
preventing illegal border crossings monitoring border zones arresting defectors counter-espionage at borders maintenance of border fortifications patrolling the Berlin Wall |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:East_German_Army
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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