Border Troops of the GDR

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf border guard organization
gptkbp:activeYearsEnd 1990
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 1946
gptkbp:country gptkb:German_Democratic_Republic
gptkbp:disbanded gptkb:German_reunification
gptkbp:dissolved 1990
gptkbp:emblem Grenztruppen der DDR coat of arms
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Potsdam
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Potsdam
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Border Troops of the GDR
gptkbp:motto For the protection of the socialist homeland
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Grenztruppen_der_DDR
gptkbp:nickname Grenzer
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Erich_Wöllner
gptkb:Heinz_Gronau
gptkb:Klaus-Dieter_Baumgarten
gptkb:Friedrich_Dickel
gptkbp:notableEvent Berlin Wall enforcement
death of Peter Fechter
numerous escape attempts at Berlin Wall
shoot-to-kill order
shooting of Chris Gueffroy
gptkbp:notableFor watchtowers
anti-vehicle trenches
border fortifications
border dog patrols
border fences
border patrols
enforcing border policies of East Germany
guarding the Berlin Wall
preventing illegal emigration
spring-gun devices
tripwire-activated mines
use of deadly force at border
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Ministry_of_National_Defence_(GDR)
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:National_People's_Army
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Deutsche_Grenzpolizei
gptkbp:role border security
prevention of escapes
protection of state borders
gptkbp:size up to 47,000 personnel
gptkbp:subordinateUnit gptkb:Ministry_of_National_Defence_(GDR)
gptkb:Ministry_of_the_Interior_(GDR)_(until_1973)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Bundesgrenzschutz
gptkbp:type gptkb:military
paramilitary
gptkbp:uniform green service uniform
gptkbp:主要职责 guarding the Berlin Wall
guarding the GDR-Czechoslovakia border
guarding the GDR-Poland border
guarding the inner German border
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:German_Democratic_Republic
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5