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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
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