German service organization
The German Service Organization (GSO) was an organization created after the Second World War to which all German civilian employees of the British occupying power in Germany belonged. It emerged on October 21, 1950 from the German Civil Labor Organization (GCLO). The GSO members were paid by the German state.
Although they were civil servants, the members of the GSO wore a dark green uniform with the letters GSO on the left sleeve near the shoulder; they were mainly employed as drivers.
From parts of the GSO units of the British sector stationed in West Berlin , the German Service Organization Berlin (Watchmen's Service) was formed on December 1, 1950 , from which the 248 German Security Unit emerged in 1982 as the German company of the British military police RMP .
literature
- Heinz-Ludger Borgert, Walter Stürm, Norbert Wiggershaus: Service Groups and West German Defense Contribution - Preliminary Considerations for Arming the Federal Republic of Germany. Boppard am Rhein 1982, ISBN 3-7646-1807-8
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Our Story: The 1950s. In: website of the Kameradschaft 248 German Security Unit e. V. 2012, accessed on March 10, 2018 (German).
- ^ Order of the British Army of the Rhine of October 18, 1950 (Az .: BAOR / 42017 / A (Org 1) on the establishment of the Watchmen's Service in Berlin; Internet reference : http://248gsu.de/index.php / history / our-history / 1950s