Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic information
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Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic
Grenztruppen der DDR
Active
1 December 1946 – September 1990
Country
East Germany
Branch
Ministry of National Defense (1961–1990)
Nationale Volksarmee(1961–1971) Ministry of the Interior (1946–1952, 1953–1961) Ministry for State Security (1952–1953)
Size
47,000
Garrison/HQ
Pätz
Commanders
General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party
Abolished
Chairman of the National Defense Council
Abolished
Military unit
The Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic (German: Grenztruppen der DDR) was the border guard of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1946 to 1990.
The Grenztruppen were the primary force guarding the Berlin Wall and the Inner German border, the GDR's international borders between West Berlin and West Germany respectively. The force belonged to the Ministry of National Defence (MfNV) from 1961, and was a service branch of the National People's Army until 1971 when it became directly subordinate to the MfNV. The Border Troops numbered approximately 47,000 personnel at its peak, consisting of volunteers and conscripts, the third-largest Warsaw Pact border guard after the Soviet Border Troops and Poland's Border Protection Troops.
The Grenztruppen's main role was preventing Republikflucht, the illegal migration from the GDR, and were controversially responsible for many deaths at the Berlin Wall.
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