Policing in East Germany in the wake of the Second World War
This article focuses on the tremendous upheaval experienced by Germans in the Soviet Occupation Zone after 1945, and how the new ‘People’s Police’ developed during the difficult postwar years. Initially, when the needs of the population for police protection were greatest, the new police force was l...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:chs_539 en https://journals.openedition.org/chs/539 2009-02-25T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/dz5t All rights reserved Policing in East Germany in the wake of the Second World War Crime, Histoire & Sociétés Librairie Droz info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1663-4837 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1422-0857 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/chs Bessel, Richard This article focuses on the tremendous upheaval experienced by Germans in the Soviet Occupation Zone after 1945, and how the new ‘People’s Police’ developed during the difficult postwar years. Initially, when the needs of the population for police protection were greatest, the new police force was least able to provide that protection. Lacking sufficient trained personnel, equipment and powers, the Volkspolizei could not really effectively police a profoundly shaken postwar society. However, after the initial emergency had passed, the Volkspolizei grew to become a substantial force, but one whose main purpose was to serve the new political order rather than meet the needs of the population. Cet article porte sur l’énorme bouleversement qu’ont vécu les Allemands dans la zone d’occupation soviétique après 1945 et sur le développement de la «police populaire» dans les années difficiles de l’après-guerre. C’est dans les premiers temps, alors que la population avait le plus besoin d’une protection policière, que la nouvelle force de police était la moins capable de remplir cette tâche. Manquant de personnel entraîné, d’équipement et de pouvoir, la Volkspolizei ne pouvait accomplir sa mission dans une société d’après-guerre profondément troublée. Toutefois, une fois l’urgence initiale passée, la Volkspolizei devint une organisation d’une puissance considérable, dont la tâche principale, toutefois, était de servir l’ordre nouveau plutôt que de répondre aux attentes de la population. |
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This article focuses on the tremendous upheaval experienced by Germans in the Soviet Occupation Zone after 1945, and how the new ‘People’s Police’ developed during the difficult postwar years. Initially, when the needs of the population for police protection were greatest, the new police force was least able to provide that protection. Lacking sufficient trained personnel, equipment and powers, the Volkspolizei could not really effectively police a profoundly shaken postwar society. However, after the initial emergency had passed, the Volkspolizei grew to become a substantial force, but one whose main purpose was to serve the new political order rather than meet the needs of the population. |
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Policing in East Germany in the wake of the Second World War |
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés |
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