page_title: Operation Vermin
hierarchical_section_title: Operation Vermin
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Gedenkstein für das im Zuge der „Aktion Ungeziefer“ geräumte und 1974 geschleifte Dorf Stresow in der Altmark. Heute befindet sich dort eine Grenzanlage mit Darstellung der damaligen Grenzanlagen. Landkreis Stendal, Gemeinde Aulosen. Français&#160;: Pierre commémorative de l'émigration forcée du village de Stresow, en Altmark, en 1974.
context_page_description: Operation Vermin and Operation Consolidation, also called Operation Cornflower are the names given to two large-scale operations by the GDR government meant to remove "politically unreliable" people from the exclusion zone along the Inner German border. The first operation was executed in June 1952 under the name “Operation Vermin”, the second one in October 1961 as “Operation Consolidation” and “Operation Cornflower”.
context_section_description: Operation Vermin (Aktion Ungeziefer) and Operation Consolidation (Betriebskonsolidierung, its Stasi codename), also called Operation Cornflower (Aktion Kornblume) are the names given to two large-scale operations by the GDR government meant to remove "politically unreliable" people from the exclusion zone along the Inner German border. The first operation was executed in June 1952 under the name “Operation Vermin”, the second one in October 1961 as “Operation Consolidation” and “Operation Cornflower”.
caption: Memorial stone for the village of Stresow, vacated during the operations
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