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Customs
Service [Zolldienst]
The
Customs Service was formed in 1936 as a seperate branch of
the government under the jurisdiction of the Reichs Minister
of Finance, and charged with securing all borders, ports and
waterways from illicit traffic. In many ways this formation
was an extension of the long arm of the Gestapo. In
order to accomplish its diversified missions, the German Customs
Service was organized into two separate groups - Land Service
and Marine Service. Custom detachments ranged in size from
small guard posts of five men to large 450-man groups in Hamburg
and Markdorf. Upon the outbreak of hostilities, the responsibility
of the Zolldienst was expanded to include border control
of escaped prisoners of war, saboteurs, defectors, refugees,
spies, etc. For more information click
here to see Ltc.(ret) Tom Johnson's 8 vol set "Collecting
the Edged Weapons of the Third Reich", or some of the
other reference books that we offer.
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