Chief Inspector of the German People's Police

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The chief inspector of the German People's Police was a rank that corresponded to the rank of major general and was used until July 14, 1957 and again since May 1, 1990. From July 16, 1958 to April 30, 1990, this rank was major general.

1949-1957

The German Administration of the Interior (DVdI) was formed in July 1946 on the orders of the SMAD . Its task was to coordinate and centralize the police organization in the Soviet Zone . The Main Border Police / Readiness Department (HA GP / B) was established on July 13, 1948; from November 1948 the KVP and the border police were subordinate to her. The head of the main department was usually a chief inspector. After the founding of the GDR, the ranks were reclassified and so the former head of HA GP / B, chief inspector Hermann Rentzsch , became a VP inspector in November 1950 (comparable to the rank of colonel ). On January 1, 1949, uniform ranks and badges were introduced for the police with regard to the planned centralization of the police in the Soviet Zone, which initially applied to the main administration for training (HVA) and the border police and from June 1, 1949 to 1957 identical to those of the German People's Police. The ranks of the top officers in the general rank were named Chief Inspector and General Inspector . The barracked units of the People's Police (KVP) changed these names as early as 1952. On August 27, 1952, Interior Minister Willi Stoph had issued Order No. 9/1952 on the introduction of new rank designations and badges in the KVP (Land), the VP-See and the VP-Luft. Thus, from October 1, 1952, members of the KVP were awarded military ranks. The People's Police followed on July 15, 1957.

Since 1990

With effect from May 1, 1990 and based on the Law Gazette of the German Democratic Republic of March 6, 1990, the ranks of the People's Police were abolished and replaced by official designations that were based on those of the "founding years of the GDR". These designations were retained in individual federal states until 1992. As a rule, the old shoulder pieces were carried on until October 3, 1990. The shoulder pieces that were specially produced for the time of reunification, which were based on those of the old federal states, were only issued in small numbers. The last head of the German People's Police, Dieter Winderlich , was reassessed from Major General to Chief Inspector on May 1, 1990.

Pauldrons 1949–1990

From 1949 to 1980, the shoulder pieces consisted of two four-arch braided gold-colored round cords with a flat silver cord on a dark green cloth base. From 1954, a four-pointed, silver-plated metal star with a side length of approx. 15 mm was located in the middle of the shoulder piece as a straight star. This type of grade star remained valid until 1960, after which five-pointed, silver-plated grade stars with a side length of 20 mm were used. From 1980 five-arch braided shoulder pieces were also used. The fabric background of the epaulettes from 1990 is green and tapering towards the end. On the shoulder flap there are two golden oak leaves crossed on a stem.

  • Shoulder piece of a chief inspector of the DVP (1949–1954)

  • Shoulder piece of a chief inspector of the DVP (1954–1960, major general from 1957)

  • Shoulder piece of a chief inspector of the DVP (from May 1, 1990, old version)

  • Shoulder piece of a chief inspector of the DVP (from May 1, 1990, new version)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Walther: Uniform effects of the armed organs of the GDR. Special catalog. Volume I: Ministry of the Interior 1949–1990 . Berlin ecotour 1992. S. 188 f.
  2. ^ Klaus Walther: Uniform effects of the armed organs of the GDR. Special catalog. Volume I: Ministry of the Interior 1949–1990 . Berlin ecotour 1992. p. 189.
  3. ↑ Klaus Froh, Rüdiger Wenke: The generals and admirals of the NVA. A biographical manual . Ch. Links, Berlin 2007. p. 227.
  4. ↑ Dieter Schulze: The great book of the German People's Police . Berolina, Berlin 2013. p. 216.
  5. ^ Klaus Walther: Uniform effects of the armed organs of the GDR. Special catalog. Volume I: Ministry of the Interior 1949–1990 . ecotour, Berlin 1992. p. 187.
  6. ↑ Torsten Diedrich , Rüdiger Wenzke: The camouflaged army. History of the barracked people's police of the GDR 1952–1956 . Ch. Links, Berlin 2003. p. 180.
  7. ↑ Gerhard Sälter: border police. Conformity, refusal and repression in the border police and the border troops of the GDR 1952–1965 . Ch. Links, Berlin 2009. p. 73.
  8. ↑ Announcement on rank designations in the German People's Police and in the fire brigade and penal authorities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of February 22, 1990, published in the Law Gazette of the German Democratic Republic of March 6, 1990 (Part 1 No. 12). P. 91 f.
  9. ↑ See: http://news.dkp.suhail.uberspace.de/2015/06/interview-mit-dem-letzt-chef-der-deutschen-volkspolizei-der-ddr/
  10. ↑ http://www.polizeilada.de/html/landespolizei.html
  11. ↑ http://www.polizeilada.de/html/wendezeit.html
  12. ^ Klaus Walther: Uniform effects of the armed organs of the GDR. Special catalog. Volume I: Ministry of the Interior 1949–1990 . ecotour, Berlin 1992. p. 16.
  13. ^ Klaus Walther: Uniform effects of the armed organs of the GDR. Special catalog. Volume I: Ministry of the Interior 1949–1990 . ecotour, Berlin 1992. p. 132.
  14. ^ Klaus Walther: Uniform effects of the armed organs of the GDR. Special catalog. Volume I: Ministry of the Interior 1949–1990 . Berlin ecotour 1992. p. 134.
  15. ↑ http://www.polizeilada.de/html/museum.html