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Republikflucht (German pronunciation: [ʁepuˈbliːkˌflʊxt] ;
German for "desertion from the republic") was the
colloquial term in the
German Democratic Republic...
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authorizing the use of
lethal force by the
Border Troops to
prevent Republikflucht (defection) at the
Inner German border from 1960 to 1989. Schießbefehl...
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directional fragmentation antipersonnel mine
developed specifically to
combat Republikflucht (defection)
across the
Inner German Border (Grenze) into West Germany...
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poverty of East Germany,
induced or
deepened by reparations,
provoked the
Republikflucht ("desertion from the republic") to West Germany,
further weakening the...
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sentenced to
eight years of jail in East
Germany for
preparing their Republikflucht ("desertion from the Republic"), a
crime under GDR law.
Ruske and Tiede...
- sight.
Several hundred people were
killed along that
border in
their Republikflucht attempt.
Official crossings did exist, but
permissions to
leave temporarily...
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Border Protection Troops. The Grenztruppen's main role was
preventing Republikflucht, the
illegal migration from the GDR, and were
controversially responsible...
- the
Berlin Wall was
erected in 1961, and some
escaped in
successful Republikflucht attempts also afterward. All East
Germans were
automatically entitled...
- move west. The 3.5 million East
Germans that had left by 1961,
called Republikflucht,
totaled approximately 20% of the
entire East
German po****tion. In...
- to the West
through Berlin, and this migration,
called in
Germany "
Republikflucht",
deprived the
Soviet zone not only of
working forces desperately needed...
