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*Transportpolizei* Honor Guard in Mauerbau, East Berlin, 1961

TheTransportpolizei (German for "Transport Police") was thetransit police of theGerman Democratic Republic (East Germany), whose officers were commonly nicknamedTraPos. It was part of theVolkspolizei and dealt with all modes of transit, but primarily with trains and railroads. It consisted of approximately 8,500 men, that were organized from a national level and at district level, with eachDeutsche Reichsbahn district:East Berlin,Cottbus,Dresden,Erfurt,Greifswald,Halle,Magdeburg andSchwerin. They wore dark-blue uniforms (that were colloquially called “blueberries”), instead of the standard greenVolkspolizei uniform. They were organized into sixteen companies and equipped with small arms andRPG-7 shoulder-fired antitank grenade launchers. TheTransportpolizei supervised all larger train stations and controlled the travellers, particularly at the border withWest Germany, and directed traffic. Before the building of theBerlin Wall, theTransportpolizei controlled theS-Bahn inWest Berlin (as the Deutsche Reichsbahn controlled the S-Bahn in both East and West Berlins). In the 'interzone courses' (later called 'transit courses'), there was always an escort party of theTransportpolizei present. The service training school of theTransportpolizei was in Halle.

From January 1953 until February 1957, theTransportpolizei was part of theMinistry for State Security, in turn part of the Office of the Secretary of State. Starting from March 1957, it was transferred to theVolkspolizei, whose supervising inspector was Otto Auerswald.

After theGerman reunification of 1990, theTransportpolizei was dissolved, with some 1,200 of its personnel transferring to the (West) GermanBahnpolizei. On April 1, 1992, theBahnpolizei was taken over by theGerman Federal Border Guard (now called theGerman Federal Police).