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German Reunification in the 1990s

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I’m not familiar with this unit so what were their duties? Where they border guards?
https://www.bstu.de/mfs-lexikon/detail/hauptabteilung-vi-passkontrolle-tourismus-interhotelha-vi/

The HA VI dealt with the cross-border travel. It was formed in 1970 by merging the working groups "passport control and search" and "securing travel" and the customs defense (monitoring of customs staff). The HA VI had at the border crossings of the GDR, the travelers to control and handle. Therefore, the GDR passport inspectors were full-time employees of HA VI . For camouflage they wore uniforms of the border troops. First, in 1950, the border police had been commissioned with the border clearance.

In the HA VI , the data of the immigrants were subjected to an initial analysis in order to filter out politically-operationally interesting people. The border control also included the monitoring of the Western border inspection posts for the HA VI , as well as the Tegel and Tempelhof airports as well as the police and the border customs service in West Berlin. The responsibilities of the HA VI included the seamless monitoring of transit routes to and from West Berlin. With her ran notifications for preferential border clearance together.

In 1970 she took over from the Department XX / 5 the task of preventing escape attempts and escape aids in the West, which in 1975/76 parts of the Central Coordination Group passed ( Republic flight ). The HA VI monitored tourist facilities in the GDR , including the travel agencies and the Interhotels. Likewise, she controlled GDR citizens during their travels to socialist foreign countries in order to prevent contacts with Western citizens and escape attempts, if necessary .
 
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From what I read and with all (un)due respect, you seem to be part of the generation setting fire to homes for asylum seekers and blaming your own missery on political decisions. I am very sad that many people still have that view, but it does come down in the election results. You still to remember

That is quite an accusation. I may be many things but I am most definitely NOT a fascist. I was and remain proud to have been a member of FDJ, SED/PDS and remain committed to the socialist cause to this day.
I stand in complete opposite to these fascist thugs that engage in such criminal activities and will always have nothing except the most strongest condemnation for neo-nazism and fascism.
In fact I can tell you that I have been involved with various aid agencies supporting refugees from the middle east and Afrika since the height of the crisis 2015 in both France and England when I worked in the railways there, and now back in this country since beginning of this year.
So do not for one moment accuse me of being a fascist racist criminal who sets fire to the homes of refugees..
You know nothing of me.

On ironic separate note, did you happen to know that haus 15 (HVA) of the Zentrale in Lichtenberg was until recently used to shelter newly arrived refugees from middle east?
And before die Wende the 9. floor was home of HVA-Abteilung III
Auslands-Referate für Syrien, Ägypten, Iran und Irak.
 
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