Volkspolizei

E644669

law enforcement agency national police force

The Volkspolizei was the national police force of the German Democratic Republic, responsible for general law enforcement, internal security, and public order.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Volkspolizei canonical	5
Bereitschaften der Volkspolizei	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	law enforcement agency ⓘ national police force ⓘ
cooperatedWith	Nationale Volksarmee NERFINISHED ⓘ Stasi NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved	1990 ⓘ
employerOf	police officers ⓘ
enforced	criminal law of the GDR ⓘ public order regulations ⓘ traffic regulations ⓘ
hadBranch	Bereitschaftspolizei NERFINISHED ⓘ Grenzpolizei NERFINISHED ⓘ Kriminalpolizei NERFINISHED ⓘ Transportpolizei NERFINISHED ⓘ Verkehrspolizei NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadRankStructureSimilarTo	military ranks ⓘ
hadSpecialUnit	counter-riot units ⓘ dog units ⓘ traffic control units ⓘ
hadTrainingInstitution	Volkspolizei officer schools NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	East Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideologicallyAlignedWith	Socialist Unity Party of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1945 ⓘ 1946 ⓘ
jurisdiction	East Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintained	detention cells ⓘ prison facilities ⓘ
nativeLanguage	German ⓘ
nativeName	Deutsche Volkspolizei NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedIn	Soviet occupation zone of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Ministry of the Interior of the GDR NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Allied military police in Soviet zone ⓘ
replacedBy	state police forces of reunified Germany ⓘ
responsibleFor	general law enforcement ⓘ internal security ⓘ public order ⓘ
shortName	VoPo NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinatedTo	Ministerium des Innern der DDR NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedEquipment	firearms ⓘ motorcycles ⓘ patrol cars ⓘ water cannons ⓘ
usedLanguage	German ⓘ
usedUniform	distinctive caps ⓘ green uniform ⓘ
usedVehicleModel	Barkas vans NERFINISHED ⓘ Wartburg patrol cars NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedVehicleModel	Trabant patrol cars NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East German border guards → cooperatedWith → Volkspolizei ⓘ

Kasernierte Volkspolizei → predecessor → Volkspolizei ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bereitschaften der Volkspolizei

Kasernierte Volkspolizei → partOf → Volkspolizei ⓘ

Deutsche Verwaltung des Innern → predecessorOf → Volkspolizei ⓘ

Ministry of the Interior of the GDR → oversaw → Volkspolizei ⓘ

Nationalen Verteidigungsrat der DDR → hasAuthorityOver → Volkspolizei ⓘ

subject surface form: Nationaler Verteidigungsrat der DDR