Schwedt military prison
The Schwedt military prison was the only military prison in the German Democratic Republic and was located in the northeastern city of Schwedt. It was used for the imprisonment of members of the National People's Army and the Volkspolizei-Bereitschaft of . Around half of those detained were for crimes such as assault, theft, but also "anti-state agitation" or defamation of the state, and military crimes such as refusal to obey orders, desertion, or consuming alcohol on duty. Smaller offenses were often used as an excuse to suppress political dissent, the expression of individuality and different thinking and to punish them under the pretext of the rule of law of the GDR.
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military prison
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German Democratic Republic
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Schwedt
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National People's Army
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Volkspolizei-Bereitschaft
MEDIA
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assault
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theft
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obey orders
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desertion
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alcohol
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Schwedt military prison
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instance of
located in the administrative territorial entity