National People's Army Day

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Marching Unter den Linden

The day of the NVA or Day of the National People's Army was a day of honor or remembrance , on which from 1957 the founding of the National People's Army from the barracked People's Police on March 1, 1956 by resolution of January 18, 1956 annually in the GDR . March was thought.

The day of the NVA was celebrated with military parades of the NVA. Outside the NVA, especially in schools and companies, the day of the NVA began with solemn appeals and the presentation of awards. The day of the NVA was an important fixed point of military education in the GDR. So-called “ pioneer maneuvers” and Hans Beimler competitions took place in schools on this day .

The day of the NVA marked the end of the “Week of the Brotherhood of Arms”. The beginning of this week marked the celebrations for " Soviet Army Day " on February 23.

  • The Army Sports Association "Forward" led on 1 March 1957 and the date of the National People's Army, by an international sports show in the German sports hall.

  • Parade Unter den Linden

  • Changing of the guard Neue Wache

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Matthias Rogg : Army of the People ?: Military and Society in the GDR; Volume 15 of the military history of the GDR . Ch. Links Verlag , 2008, ISBN 3861534789 , p. 142 ff.