Zollgrenzschutz
Sign in to savethumb|Medal with text meaning, "For Faithful Service in the Customs Border Guards" thumb|Green ZGS uniform in a museum in Hamburg Zollgrenzschutz (ZGS; ) was an organization under the German Finance Ministry from 1937 to 1945. It was charged with guarding Germany's borders, acting as a combination of Border Patrol and Customs & Immigration service.
Key facts
- Government agency.agency_name
- Customs Border Guards
- Government agency.nativename
- Zollgrenzschutz
- Government agency.logo_width
- 175px
- Government agency.picture
- Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-263-1595-32, Bei Hendaye, Rommel, v. Obstfelder.jpg
- Government agency.picture_caption
- On the far left, an Oberzollrat of the Zollgrenzschutz
- Government agency.formed
- 1918
- Government agency.dissolved
- 8 May 1945
- Government agency.chief1_position
- Minister of the Reich Finance Administration
- Government agency.chief2_position
- General Inspector of the Customs Border Guards
- Government agency.agency_type
- Paramilitary border guards
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Grades
- References
- Bibliography
- 1. The Zollgrenzschutz on the border of Rapallo
- 1.1 Peč/Öfen (border stone nr. 1) – Slugov grič (nr. 32-XXXIX) Sector
- 1.2 Železniki Sector (Customs-Road)
- 1.3 Ljubljana - Postojna - Rijeka Sector
- External links
thumb|Medal with text meaning, "For Faithful Service in the Customs Border Guards" thumb|Green ZGS uniform in a museum in Hamburg Zollgrenzschutz (ZGS; ) was an organization under the German Finance Ministry from 1937 to 1945. It was charged with guarding Germany's borders, acting as a combination of Border Patrol and Customs & Immigration service.
==History== It originated in the early 19th century as a tariff enforcement unit of the Prussian government. Reorganized in 1919 under the Weimar Republic following World War I, it gradually became more militarized and transformed into a paramilitary force, also due to the economic woes of blockade, inflation and Great Depression.
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