East German border guards

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border security force military unit

East German border guards were security personnel of the German Democratic Republic tasked with monitoring and enforcing the heavily fortified inner German border and Berlin Wall, often preventing citizens from fleeing to the West.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Grenztruppen der DDR	8
East German border authorities	1
East German border guards canonical	1
East German border troops	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	border security force ⓘ military unit ⓘ
cooperatedWith	Ministry for State Security ⓘ Volkspolizei ⓘ
country	East Germany ⓘ surface form: German Democratic Republic
demobilizedAfter	German reunification ⓘ
duty	guarding the Berlin Wall ⓘ guarding the inner German border ⓘ manning watchtowers ⓘ monitoring border installations ⓘ operating checkpoints ⓘ patrolling border zones ⓘ preventing unauthorized border crossings ⓘ supporting passport control units ⓘ
endTime	1990 ⓘ
historicalReputation	instrument of repression ⓘ key component of the GDR border regime ⓘ
ideology	socialism ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
legalAuthority	border laws of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
location	inner German border ⓘ surface form: Baltic Sea maritime border of the GDR Berlin Wall ⓘ inner German border ⓘ
loyalty	Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
notableEvent	border incidents with West German and Allied forces ⓘ involvement in fatal shootings of escapees ⓘ participation in the construction and maintenance of the Berlin Wall ⓘ shoot-to-kill orders against escapees ⓘ
partOf	Ministerium für Nationale Verteidigung der DDR ⓘ surface form: Ministry of National Defence of the GDR Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ surface form: National People’s Army
precededBy	Deutsche Grenzpolizei ⓘ
shortName	East German border guards self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grenztruppen der DDR
startTime	1961 ⓘ
subjectTo	post-reunification criminal trials for border killings ⓘ
supervisedBy	Ministerium für Nationale Verteidigung der DDR ⓘ surface form: Main Political Administration of the National People’s Army
symbol	GDR state emblem on uniforms ⓘ
training	political indoctrination ⓘ surveillance techniques ⓘ weapons training ⓘ
uniform	field-grey National People’s Army-style uniforms ⓘ
used	anti-vehicle trenches ⓘ barbed wire fences ⓘ guard dogs ⓘ minefields ⓘ patrol boats on border rivers and lakes ⓘ searchlights ⓘ tripwire-activated automatic firing devices ⓘ watchtowers ⓘ