GDR: The Grey Eminence

Conspiration in the class struggle: Werner Irmler for his 95th birthday.

Founded according to the Soviet occupiers, the border police in the GDR not only served the surveillance and foreclosure, but also the ideological protection of the SED apparatus. Their work had far-reaching consequences for the population, especially in the border areas. In an informative lecture at the Point Alpha memorial, the historian Dr. Gerhard Sälter not only analyzed the emergence, tasks and political significance of the border police. …