The East German police: the Volkspolizei

The former East German police was called Volkspolizei, the people’s police. This video is the story of its existence from 1949 till 1990. Link to the NVA video:   • The East German Army: The NVA   www.eastgermanyinvestigated.com Thanks to Paul Webster for his support! If you want to know more, I recommend this book, that I used as one of the sources for this video: Das grosse Buch der Volkspolizei - Dieter Schulze https://amzn.to/4bU4ymW (the current edition is unfortunately sold out) Pictures: Many pictures come form the book Die Volkspolizei - Verlag Zeit im Bild • Vopos 1949 - By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R0210-371 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... • East German guards wait for the official opening of the Brandenburg Gate – By SSGT F. Lee Corkran - http://www.defenseimagery.mil; VIRIN: DF-ST-91-03529, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... • Abschnittsbevollmächtigter - By André Karwath aka Aka - Own Work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... • Border police with dog (1956) - By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-42998-0006 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... • Deutsche Grenzpolizei (1956) - By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-42998-0011 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... • Prison in Bützow – By JVA Bützow - Own Work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... • NVA Berlin (1985) – By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1985-0508-018 / Settnik, Bernd / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... • The ‘Ordnungspolizei’ controlling Jews in Lublin (1941) - By Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-019-1224-10 / Wirthgen / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... • Hausbuch entries (1952) – By Maximilian Schönherr - Own Work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... • Kasernierte Volkspolizei (1953) - By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-19400-0127 / Krueger, Wolfgang / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... • Shako – www.ratisbons.com • Luger pistol - By Luger_IMG_6768.jpg: Rama - Luger_IMG_6768.jpg, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... • Luger – model drawing - By Rock Island Auction Co. - https://www.rockislandauction.com/det..., CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... • CZ model Z pistol – www.onlinehuntingauctions.com • 1001 pistol - www.thies-schmid-waffenauktionen.de • Makarow pistol – By Razumhak - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... • Walther pp pistol – By Michael Sullivan - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... • MPi41 - By Lposka - File:PPSh-41_from_soviet.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... • AKM rifle - By Armémuseum (The Swedish Army Museum) - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... • Wartburg 353 – By Autorius Fiver, der Hellseher - Mano darbas, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... • Wolga GAZ 24 - ByThomas Doerfer – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... • MZ BK350 – By Joachim Köhler - Diese Datei wurde von diesem Werk abgeleitet: ZweiRadMuseumNSU IFA BK350.JPG– Bearbeitung: Spurzem (Diskussion) 20:40, 2 May 2023 (UTC) (teilweise freigestellt), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... • MZ ES250 – By Johannes Maximilian - Own Work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... • MZ ETZ250 – By Ch vik - Own Work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...