Volkspolizei-Bereitschaft
Sign in to savethumb|200px|Members of the Volkspolizei-Bereitschaft on duty at the Brandenburg Gate on 22 December 1989, the day before the opening of the [[Berlin Wall.]]
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- Subclass of
- riot police
- Part of
- Volkspolizei
- Country
- German Democratic Republic
- Image
- Volkspolizei at the official opening of the Brandenburg Gate.jpg
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- inception
- 1955-00-00
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- Volkspolizei-Bereitschaften
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thumb|200px|Members of the Volkspolizei-Bereitschaft on duty at the Brandenburg Gate on 22 December 1989, the day before the opening of the [[Berlin Wall.]]
The Volkspolizei-Bereitschaften (VPB, German for "People's Police Alert Units", sometimes known as "Barracked People’s Police" or "Alert Police") was the paramilitary police force of the Volkspolizei of the German Democratic Republic. Like in many Warsaw Pact countries, The VPB were organized as Internal Troops and served as a riot police and gendarmerie-like force. The VPB functioned as the de facto armed branch of the Ministry for State Security (Stasi).
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