MILITARY INFORMATION FROM DRESDEN

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 2, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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EVALUATION_ see below
REPORT NO.
-.,.....--..YLACE OBTAINED
DATE OF CONTENT 16 December 1952 to 26 January 1953
BATE PREPARED 2 March 1953
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-.ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)--
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1. On 2"a .December 1952, about 700 troops assembled in an open square in
the barracks yard of the Koenig Georg Ka-serne, Dresden, where they were
addressed. About 120 soldiers practiced in the terrain north of the
barracks installation on 30 December. About 300 men engaged in exercises
u:ith tanks in the area northeast of the barracks installation on
1.4 January.1
the installation on 15 January.
were identified.
targets in the t:o.rrain. Troops practiced with tanks in the area east of
2d From 21 December 1952 until 7 January 1953, the SS Kaserne Wilder Maim
on the east side of Moritzburger Land Strasse was occupied by about
1,000 to 1,200 troops who wore red-bordered black epa.'.lets. About 60
soldiers practiced the throwing of hand grenades against dummy soldiers
on Auf dem Heller on 30 December. On 6 January, a sedan. with van-like
superstructure and rounted machine gun practiced firing against practice
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On 16 December, the Grenadier Kasorne -n. the northeast side of Kurt
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on 16 December, 60 officers we: Ting red-borders black epaulets, incluAing
sore with tank insignia,. black-oordared crimson epaulets and black-bordered
black epaulets and rang- ng from .l ltti1Lenant up to and including lieutenant
colonel were so ?,n Mae road from the officers' billets to the barracks
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5.. On 2 February, the Nachrichten Kaserne on the cast side of Washington
Strasse in Dresden-Uebigau was occupied by about 20" troops who wore
rod-bordered black epaulets, 100 men who wore blue-bordered black epaulets
and 100 men who wore black-borderee: black epaulets. Four fifths of the
quarters were lighted at ni.htfall. On 18 December, 6 soldiers, some of
whom wore bridge-construction insignia, were seen in the lumber yard can
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6. On 2 February, the OS Kaserne Wilder Mann was occupied by 600 to 7GG
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a motorcycle battalion nt.as stationed there. Twenty-two . sa ers prat Ce7
,%ount:ing and disri.ouznting on 10 sidecars on the square in front of the
barracks installation on 14 December. On 19 December, 10 soldiers pract r t ec
driving o, Auf dem Helier. On
31 December, about 1.0 soldiers engaged in close-combat practice with L r?n. ?
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while about 20 soldiers engaged, in aiming practice with 2 x 57-lm', AT guns
in the same area. Three T--34 tanks arn-:d about 100 soldiers at combat trai. oiinZ
_,.,ere seen in the area of the Heller on 14 Jan?
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7. On 23 January, the Grenadier Kas:rne housed a headquarters. The quarters
were about 80 percent lighted in the evening. On 16 January, about 40
soldiers with red-bordered black epau-Iets marched from the main building;
toward the drill hall. Four soldiers with rifles,
relieved guard detail marched from the utrdhouse a gate No wa a
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S. On 23 January, the AAA emplacement In the debris area of the Grenadier
Kasersxe was occupied by about 60 soldiers. The westernmost of the three
fenced-in buildings was 70 percent lighted at nightfall. The AA guns wee
still emplaced there.3
9. On 17 January, the laftnachrlehtef K;a.serne on the east side of Alter
Postweg apparently quartered only 2'Y', to 250 men while, on 19 and 23
January, it was occupie. by 500 to 600 troops who wore red-bordered
black epaulets and, sore black-borde?ed crimson epaulets.
the installation to be a processing camps with the occupation strength
there always fluctuating. On 21 January, the rrt i.n building was 80 percent
lighted and the barracks camp about EEO percent. From 12 to 23 January,
120--rmi mortars were observed
10. On 23 January,, the Adolf Hitler Kaseerne on. the south side of hurt Fischer
Allee and on -V .-e east side of Koenig, bruecker :'.trasse was occupied by a DoUt
500 troops who wore black-bordered black epaulets. A repair shot tra:ilec
and a. delivery van were seen in the yard on Toiler Strasse on 12 Januan;).
About 50 soldiers were at march rac';ice in the barracks yard on 16 Jaxiaary.
11. On 23 January, the Bucher EaFerne on Marien Alice, on the east side
opposite the Kriegs Schule, quartered about 500 troops who wore black-
bordered crimson epaulets. About 20 soldiers with bayonets fixed and
i tgrtystR entA-rAd the barracks 5.nstallAtion.r
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12. On 26 January, 150 soldiers were soon on the target range at the Kl of eche 25X1
airfield, while 80 other soldiers wearing black-bordered crimson epsul.ete
el'M r? in f i nI d tra i ni n near the Grenz Strasse. Troops practiced dri ~F ing
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railroad station to the Luftnachrichtef Kaserne on 26 January . 5
l3. On 30 December, 3 JF-2 tanks :loved out of the
F r.a.nn.-Goering Kasorne, l Ion South or o zsche, for practice
driving on Auf dem Heller. A tank unit was quartered in the south-
er_snost section of the installation. Szurce beli-ved that the
barracks section north of the southernmost section quartered a unit
whose personnel wore red-bordered block epaulets and vas equipped
with arnoa ed scout cars anr1. armored personnel carriors. Source
believed the Hermann. Goering Kaserne and former Napola
to have quartered a total of about 3,030 troops who wore red-bordered
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11~. On 26 December, the SH.r., ann Goering Kaso_rne quartered about 1,000
troops, according to source, a tank unit. Six soldiers weerin~, red-
border ed. black epaulets and carrying s'abraachine guns and spades left
the Installation through the southern gate toward the Heller area
on 20 January. About 30 soldiers engaged. in firing :.:ractice in the
northern section of t 3 e .? wAre
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5. On 17 January,, the Napola in K] otzsehe quartered a headquarters. Almost '
er.i l quarters were lighted at dusk. About 30 soldiers wearing :red-bordered
black epaulets left tt e installation toward the 'L otzsche railroad st_tti0:c
on 29 Ja.o nry. trucks coming from the direction of
DDreeden, stopped in front of the Napo la. eye two vehicles carried about
40 soldiers with rifles and submachine cunss who marched into the S' a. ola 25X1
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17. On 30 December, 2 T-34--tonics were observed on the training grounds norl~h
of the Koenig Georg Ka.serne. Eight soldiers each practiced aiming with 2 AT
gu.ns. Hay " noise of zaaeriering as heard from the workshops in the instxa.".U atio:a
on 2 Je ymi fir. ractice firing was hear from an undetermined -target range
sou.t : -,alt of the barracks ' nstallatior'.1
18. On 31 December, troops drilled with the four AA guns emplaced in the. i;,lbs
River bent between Wash` ngton Strasse- and Seharienberger "trasse. They
predo= na ntly practiced aiming at air ard ground targets. The exercises
showed a high degree of training. On 2 January, the gun crews consisting
of 6 officers and 38 Ell =arched to the barracks installation in Uehtgeu.
Four man remained with the guns./
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On 26 January, the Luftnachrichten Ka.cerne was occupied by about 3,300 to
4,0O0 troops who wore red-bordered black epaulets with artillery, tans:: or
rotor frr-nsport insignia. About 31X', soldiers drilled in the billeting area
and a T-34 tank wan seen near a garage on 20 Decomber..
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20. or. .31 Jaidrary, the ?-:G Kaserne we.:t of Alawa. Plat, east of Kooni.gs-
ker 3trassc~ and southi )f Tannen Stras ,s, waz, occupied to ca pacity
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%bout L9000 to 1,300 troops who wore bla'kbordered crimasorr epaulets
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and r 'r ordered black e au lets. The uartei :, were 90 percent :f 3 ~d at
.t,,oope 'rho wore red-bordered black . epaulotr . Thv: quarters brere a
7~ percent lighted at T ghtfs.~l, Thirt;-six sol(: ers were daily seen
marching tc the ko'-endatu?~ s.. Source had the opinlcn that theese soldier=
vere the guard unit of the Dresden kon ndatura .
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the present report, As no information that the regimens: A s stat: ox d in
this installation has been received since the fall of 195, it axe pears
that the regiment changed quarters.
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10 4 J 11th Gd. Tam: Div is now-stationed-in the 8 h Baer. e
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a&,, in connection with infox ^Ltion in paragraph 7, confirms the Hq First
Mecz Armor. until 23 Tha &&A em-placements in the., debris
area were last re or ted
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c mars?acks , l in Uebig_a r and the nearby AAA emplacement
during the second half of November. An engineer unit and elements of the
4.th (';de AA Div must still be carrie1 in the barracks installation in Dc-b-7,!.-au,
25X1 5o Oomaentbe. The 399th Gds Hoer Art' Reg t of the 11th Gds Tank Div, uhieh
has so far en carried in the T,uftna.c} ric;atun Kaserne, canr..ot, be eonfi. 'i d
by the present report. The statement Ii paragraph 9 that the installation
is `used as transient camp is not given .redenea. Rather, it is believed
that the fluctuations In ' the strengths :?eeult from a rotation of troops to
training gr?owite for short erin field e,--,,,excises. The actual occupation
strength probably is in the rAddle of this estimates made in paragraphs 9
a d 19. The AAA reported in paragraph. 19 :.s indicative of the 1018th AM
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In addition, resorts soldiers with tank insign=ia
and 1 T-34 tank in this. ins a ? on. u>:s, a tank unit may also be stationed
here.
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21.E On 31 January, the Adolf Hitler Kasern was oc