East German Border Troops

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/East_German_Border_Troops

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:allegiance	gptkb:Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany
gptkbp:country	gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded	1990
gptkbp:dissolved	gptkb:German_reunification
gptkbp:established	1946
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Potsdam
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:Für_den_Schutz_der_Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Macht
gptkbp:nativeName	gptkb:Grenztruppen_der_DDR
gptkbp:nickname	Grenzer
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Erich_Wöllner gptkb:Heinz_Gronau gptkb:Klaus-Dieter_Baumgarten
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:fall_of_the_Berlin_Wall mass escapes in 1989
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:National_People's_Army
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Ministry_of_National_Defence_(East_Germany)
gptkbp:responsibleFor	gptkb:Berlin_Wall gptkb:Inner_German_border
gptkbp:role	border security border enforcement prevention of escapes
gptkbp:separates	gptkb:National_People's_Army_(1972)
gptkbp:size	approx. 47,000 personnel (at peak)
gptkbp:successor	Bundesgrenzschutz (in unified Germany)
gptkbp:type	gptkb:military_organization gptkb:shield
gptkbp:uniform	distinctive green uniforms
gptkbp:主要职责	guarding the Berlin Wall preventing illegal border crossings monitoring border zones
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Soviet_Occupation_Zone_border_police gptkb:Border_Troops gptkb:Schützenpanzerwagen_(SPW)_series
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	East German Border Troops