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Diensteinheit IX
The Diensteinheit IX (DIX; Service Unit 9) was a covert counter-terrorism unit of the Volkspolizei. According to Rolf Sakulowski, there was an estimated 200 operators who formerly served in the unit. DIX is considered to be the East German counterpart of GSG 9.
It was not the same as the 9. Volkspolizei-Kompanie (9. VPK; 9th People's Police Company) since it is meant to act as a counter-terrorism unit under the Volkspolizei-Bereitschaft. Otherwise, both units are called in when the MdI deems it necessary for them to be involved in situations where regular officers cannot handle it.
Information regarding the unit was only made known after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The Munich massacre in 1972 and the increasing crime in East German cities led to initial attempts to create specialized police units in East Germany. With the establishment of the GSG 9 and Spezialeinsatzkommandos (SEK) in the early 1970s in West Germany, the Government of the German Democratic Republic initiated the creation of a similar unit. Since no comparable force existed in East Germany at that time, it had to be created from scratch, i.e. from intelligence reports and printed literature about Western and Soviet special forces units. Most literature was provided through Stasi assistance from their agents in West Germany. Official policies regarding the unit's existence was to keep the public in the dark about it as much as possible. East Berlin didn't want people to know that crime exists in East Germany. This included the rank and file in the Volkspolizei.
The unit had been created in 1973 with provisional units before it was fully established in 1974 by Ernst Fabian with four recruits before 30 men were under the unit, being involved in the security of the Leipzig Fair on a yearly basis. After DIX was created, they never saw actual deployment against terrorists or armed criminals. In some occasions, the unit was tasked to secure important East German facilities through recon missions and important documents such as site and architectural drawings. Other instances involved included bomb threats and manhunts against Soviet soldiers who desert from their East German posts.
In 1978, DIX operators were involved in training the 9PVK with the East Germany Army.
In the 1980s, DIX operators were involved in hunting down a serial rapist. This was done by disguising DIX operators as women with wigs and female clothes. DIX secured the crash site of Aeroflot Flight 892.
In December 1981, DIX was deployed to ensure the safety of Helmut Schmidt when he visited East Germany.
Diensteinheit IX
The Diensteinheit IX (DIX; Service Unit 9) was a covert counter-terrorism unit of the Volkspolizei. According to Rolf Sakulowski, there was an estimated 200 operators who formerly served in the unit. DIX is considered to be the East German counterpart of GSG 9.
It was not the same as the 9. Volkspolizei-Kompanie (9. VPK; 9th People's Police Company) since it is meant to act as a counter-terrorism unit under the Volkspolizei-Bereitschaft. Otherwise, both units are called in when the MdI deems it necessary for them to be involved in situations where regular officers cannot handle it.
Information regarding the unit was only made known after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The Munich massacre in 1972 and the increasing crime in East German cities led to initial attempts to create specialized police units in East Germany. With the establishment of the GSG 9 and Spezialeinsatzkommandos (SEK) in the early 1970s in West Germany, the Government of the German Democratic Republic initiated the creation of a similar unit. Since no comparable force existed in East Germany at that time, it had to be created from scratch, i.e. from intelligence reports and printed literature about Western and Soviet special forces units. Most literature was provided through Stasi assistance from their agents in West Germany. Official policies regarding the unit's existence was to keep the public in the dark about it as much as possible. East Berlin didn't want people to know that crime exists in East Germany. This included the rank and file in the Volkspolizei.
The unit had been created in 1973 with provisional units before it was fully established in 1974 by Ernst Fabian with four recruits before 30 men were under the unit, being involved in the security of the Leipzig Fair on a yearly basis. After DIX was created, they never saw actual deployment against terrorists or armed criminals. In some occasions, the unit was tasked to secure important East German facilities through recon missions and important documents such as site and architectural drawings. Other instances involved included bomb threats and manhunts against Soviet soldiers who desert from their East German posts.
In 1978, DIX operators were involved in training the 9PVK with the East Germany Army.
In the 1980s, DIX operators were involved in hunting down a serial rapist. This was done by disguising DIX operators as women with wigs and female clothes. DIX secured the crash site of Aeroflot Flight 892.
In December 1981, DIX was deployed to ensure the safety of Helmut Schmidt when he visited East Germany.