Czechoslovak border guards
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Czechoslovak border guards were the state security forces responsible for patrolling and enforcing the heavily fortified frontiers of communist Czechoslovakia, particularly along its western borders during the Cold War.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
border guard force
ⓘ
state security force ⓘ |
| borderType | heavily fortified frontier ⓘ |
| country | Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| dissolutionContext |
democratic changes of 1989
ⓘ
end of communist rule in Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| geopoliticalContext |
Eastern Bloc
ⓘ
Warsaw Pact ⓘ |
| ideologicalRole | protection of socialist state borders ⓘ |
| legacy |
subject of historical research on the Iron Curtain
ⓘ
symbol of repression at the Czechoslovak western border ⓘ |
| legalAuthority |
Government of Czechoslovakia
ⓘ
surface form:
Czechoslovak communist government
|
| mainAreaOfOperation |
border with Austria
ⓘ
border with West Germany ⓘ western borders of Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| notableConsequence |
deaths of people attempting to cross the border
ⓘ
detention of captured escapees ⓘ |
| operatedInPeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
| opposedActivity |
emigration to the West
ⓘ
espionage ⓘ smuggling ⓘ |
| partOfSystem |
Czechoslovak StB
ⓘ
surface form:
Czechoslovak security apparatus
Iron Curtain ⓘ
surface form:
Iron Curtain border regime
|
| politicalAlignment | communist regime of Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| primaryTask |
border protection
ⓘ
frontier surveillance ⓘ prevention of illegal border crossings ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Czechoslovak Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Czechoslovak People’s Army
Czechoslovak StB ⓘ
surface form:
Státní bezpečnost
|
| subordinateTo |
Czechoslovak StB
ⓘ
surface form:
Czechoslovak security services
Ministry of the Interior of Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| trainingFocus |
border security
ⓘ
dog handling ⓘ ideological education ⓘ weapons handling ⓘ |
| usedForcePolicy | authorization to use lethal force against escape attempts ⓘ |
| usedInfrastructure |
barbed wire fences
ⓘ
border barriers ⓘ minefields ⓘ patrol roads ⓘ signal fences ⓘ watchtowers ⓘ |
| usedMethods |
dog patrols
ⓘ
electronic surveillance ⓘ foot patrols ⓘ observation from watchtowers ⓘ vehicle patrols ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.