Kasernierte Volkspolizei

Barracked People's Police
Kasernierte Volkspolizei
MottoFür Volk und Vaterland ("For the people and the Fatherland")
Founded
  • 1948 (as Bereitschaftspolizei)
  • August 25, 1949 (as Verwaltung für Schulung)
  • October 15, 1949 (as Hauptverwaltung für Ausbildung)
  • June 1, 1952 (as Kasernierte Volkspolizei)
DisbandedMarch 1, 1956
Industry
Foreign suppliersSoviet Union

The Kasernierte Volkspolizei (English: Barracked People's Police) (KVP) was the precursor to the National People's Army (NVA) in East Germany. Their original headquarters was in Adlershof locality in East Berlin, and from 1954 in Strausberg in modern-day Brandenburg.

They ceased to exist after 1956, having been transformed into the NVA, but are often confused with the later paramilitary police units, the Volkspolizei-Bereitschaft.

The KVP was tasked with internal security operations since at the time, the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany was still mandated to provide external defenses for East Germany.

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