East German Border Troops

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/East_German_Border_Troops
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label East German Border Troops
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:Border_Troops
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6