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gptkbp:instanceOf
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border guard organization
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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DDR Grenzpolizei
East German Border Police
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:German_Democratic_Republic
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1990
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gptkbp:distinctFrom
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gptkb:Volkspolizei
gptkb:Stasi
gptkb:Nationale_Volksarmee
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gptkbp:formed
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1946
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:East_Berlin
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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GDR Border Police
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gptkbp:motto
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Schutz der Staatsgrenze (Protection of the State Border)
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gptkbp:nativeName
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gptkb:Grenzpolizei_der_DDR
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gptkbp:notableCommander
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Generalmajor Erich Wichert
Generalmajor Heinz Gronau
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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shoot-to-kill order
enforcement of the Berlin Wall
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gptkbp:operatedAlong
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gptkb:Berlin_Wall
gptkb:Inner_German_border
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gptkbp:parentOrganization
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gptkb:Ministry_of_the_Interior_(East_Germany)
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gptkbp:partOf
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armed forces of the GDR
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gptkbp:role
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border security
prevention of illegal border crossings
enforcement of border regulations
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gptkbp:size
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approximately 50,000 personnel (at peak)
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gptkbp:subordinateUnit
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gptkb:Ministry_of_the_Interior_(East_Germany)
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gptkbp:successor
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Bundesgrenzschutz (in unified Germany)
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gptkbp:uniform
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green uniforms
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gptkbp:weapon
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yes
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Deutsche_Grenzpolizei
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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