Transportpolizei
Sign in to savethumb|Transportpolizei Honor Guard in Mauerbau, East Berlin, 1961
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- Instance of
- railroad police
- Country
- German Democratic Republic
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 183-85607-0001, Berlin, Mauerbau, Auszeichnung Transportpolizisten.jpg
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1990-00-00
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- Transportpolizei
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thumb|Transportpolizei Honor Guard in Mauerbau, East Berlin, 1961
The ' (German for "Transport Police", sometimes known as Trapo) was the transit police of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), whose officers were commonly nicknamed TraPos'. It was part of the and dealt with all modes of transit, but primarily with trains and railroads. It supervised all larger train stations and controlled the travellers, particularly at the border with West Germany, and directed traffic.
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