Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment

The Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment (German: Wachregiment "Feliks E. Dzierzynski") was an elite motorized rifles regiment under the command of the Ministry for State Security of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It was named in honor of Felix Dzerzhinsky, founder of the Soviet Cheka.

Its major task was the protection of the party, especially its buildings in the GDR capital of East Berlin as well as the security of the party leaders' residential compound in Wandlitz, near Berlin. Per Soviet practice, the regiment was a politically reliable internal security force that could be deployed to suppress rebellion and unrest.

The Regiment was subdivided into the following commands from 1980 to 1989:

The sites were inherited by the Ahrensfelde guard regiment in mid-January 1989. Until then they had formed accommodation facilities for UAV units of the Ministry for State Security (e.g., backup units of VRD, BDL, HA VI, AGMS). These units were the uniformed as well as the guard and security units of the units of the Stasi (BV), not a subdivision of the guards regiment. Part of these units were merged in January 1989 into the guard regiment, which is why the site was taken over by the Ahrensfelde guard regiment. Until 1989, the guard regiment had no locations in the districts. The service objects there were guarded by the WSE, which were placed under the respective BV.

The personnel strength of the regiment:

Commanders of the guards regiment were:

Military service in the Guard regiment was completed as WED (abbr. Wehrersatzdienst, alternative military service). The term of service for conscripts was three years. In contrast to the National People's Army, recruits were inducted in April and September / October, a month earlier.

Recruits were selected from particularly politically reliable families and the express wishes of the conscripts only played a role in some cases.

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