MILITARY ACTIVITIES AND SHIPMENTS IN THE AREA OF THE FOURTH GDS MECZ ARMY

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 27, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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permitted to *ork on .,the, r fields.
in the :troechlendorf-l:ic#manndorf-Beenz area, about 12 hm souj6 T , t, -
of }renzlau. The cleauring,of, a wooded area of ' approximately 200. 25X1
hectares had aieeaay starw.garigors were rei5ortealy no longer
On 13 :UM 1953..? was -.leWed that nn airfield w to be oonstreoted
2. Datws~a 16. ~t Lr xa._ a total of slpromisately- 3p to u ks oil
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barraoks -sept
lrsq Csssp Vogelsang or Kenninbu'rg were.; ant on route
fit practices v held at+ a Lin
toward rreuttlau. A loitsenbarg ,resident stitited, that the trucks were
unloaded west of Beenz and that the area between Xroeohle d0zrf-
-?ichmanndorf and asens had been confiscated by the Soviets:and-mss
to be m pared as a tank tsaininj area. Thp' a inoludod 0oeds amd
fields. 'A dantoweent which sae .reportedly .het erected Aoirthaest of
Beenz w:.s already occupied by Soviret dtreope? 44L. 'taziks. Three T-34
tanks had allegedly observed. Residents the ad.aoeet
tillages were repos!t ,roatztoted to their M6"es after 2100.
a to late May, toe area south of the Kannenburg lock at the
Tend training Croisnds had been evacuated dnd irelinqulshed, swept
for B*rl ilding$ apst.south of the look." Soviet sentries were
still observer?*sear2t e,look. The camp north of :grosser Lara.es See
4. At'midnight on 24 :.nay, a shipment-with e cafvasepovered tanks was
seen at the 5berswalde freight station. The shipment,was se loagar
observed there at 1190 oq 25: %sy.4
5. At 2030 one ,: 6 T-54 tasks-and, from a boxcar, an escorting
detail and equipment were caged at the Satzkorn railroad station.
The shi t had arrived 'l
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6. Or, 31 ~xa. 4 T-;4/85 taz:ks, 1 radio or repair e.iop truck, sidecar
t.otorcycle, : field kitchen and ap~)roxinately 1'. boxcarlo s of
soldiers were entrained or detrained at the Wevnau rails tation.6I
7. On 1 and 2. June. the Lu:.'tnschrichten 1,&serrnc (4241) in 310:74U ssA
apparently not occu2iod to capacity. he absent troops were probably
stationed in the traininC area near Jcr:oonow from which locality r,~)iee
of battle and reports of ,;uas were heard al.ost daily. 7
C. Orr3tsne, a train with 14 tea Js, .rucka said 5 boxcars with soldiers
went from ':eat; lied to +rlin-iaylsdort
being prbpare4 in the axes son ' tau. It is aa*) #hat < ?
lff" ilohnnot yet be detersinod whether an advanced
airfitld or a iasiatig itrea}nds .Co rnd#s fevsr-i&i 4resa>ka{ poe w*
disco tied big id 25X I
tit irt.~froat Ca-.,p Y 'lass or itsrtaeZaprin~? we being
resod. Joe0cip: cent 2. rx . or
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2. A The iru (ruation,,,indioates that Camp Mai_imi lsprin j- 4
sou a of the ;jopnenburg look lad bspa disarsntie4 while A IN
rio hoof Grosser Lanken See eras still in existence and was possibly 25X1
occupied by firin4 details of the 6th Gds ,'..ecz Div. The eentoru:;ent
buil4We f ~,$,a:::p~ $sraaeispr, .bad iwesttnabiy 4t- shdpp~d ~ the
a.r no ^t eat of Beans.
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The tirjepresumably involysd units of he 25th . ?
Tactic Div slat d i the ;Ieue 1:asarne no,cth,vest, of yogel,,
(sough*f
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H2 i ands units, of the 6th Gds ;.iecz 4Y.,
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C. The train probably oarriek a; tank,jiri?,-;,4etai
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Gth Gds :I*** 4v1 w.4 eh resoia&4ly #*At tq` Te :plan. be gran 4r as
ca:, irtned by of r r tyo e., tei a~ of this d,~visieneh
repeatedlyibeen,en s
J ins for 2t tp 4r, orrto,l$e Lap.
This of * r,, . ,.~. s ' 0 " _> . 25X1
vat'
Waral- ,r ~4 can-s for jtt,e 1G~ph U . T ~v
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was confirmed,,,by, ieve
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d' A tank firm"'detail of the 6th ,ads ,.eoz Div a;,iaich,
auaarinu to railroad records, had transferred to ewrlin on l8/l9
::;ay, pros=ably returned.
~y?ant ? Lwerciees of olen.onts of the 6th MIS wecz Div in the
3c manes post training area rest of 3ernau had repeatedly been
reported by several sources during the month of :Zay.
6. t A Zirirk; detail of the 6::th 'ds Tank. Re;,t of the
. s ::ecz Div mach
to Tsczplip on 24 ;4y,
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,robabl1 r9t?' ed on this train.
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The glider group of the Athletic and Technical Association (GST) conducted glider
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1. Glider training at Erfurt-Forth airfield
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training at Erfurt-Borth airfield on I May 1955. There was a 3/10 to 5/10 overcast
at an altitude of 700 to 800 meters, a wind force of 3 to 5 meter./second, and
good thermal conditions. Air activity started at 0700 and lasted until about 1800.
Instructor Hemel (fun) was responsible for the training activity on this day. Be
was assisted by an auxiliary instructor and a mechanic specialised in Pfeifer-type
winches. One winch was used during air activity by a total of 25 student pilots.
The following aircraft were availables
1 80.38
I SG with hull; pilot's seat and front portion of fuselage faired, open tail
1 Grunau4aby IT1
On 1 Miy, 50 to 60 take-offs were made. Prior to the take-off and after the landing,
the student pilots had to report in military bearing. The students were divided into
the Bsgi s Group and Groups B, C and L-1 depending on their status of training.
Bs er roep. The students of this group trained on 36-38 gliders and practiced
air tobogganing, short 3umping and straight flying. A special take-off and landing
zone was reserved for the beginners, while the dente of the other groups used the
neutral son and the landing lane which was marked by the landing ores., At the end of
the. course after at least 25 take-offs, the students had to pass a final test "A
,which consisted of 5 straight glides of at least 30 seconds duration.
qLv~u S. The students of this group used the SG-38 glider with hull for towed starts
to an altitude of 200 to 250 meters with subsequent local flights. At least 50
take-offs and 5 test flights in right and left local flights had to be made before
the student could pass the "B" test.
G"UIND up C students A# %his trained on Grunau-Baby gliders and made local
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flights ob 0 minuted duration had to be conducted
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Si.cial training course at Wartin
Glider training at the glider school at Wartin, Angerauende District, was
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that glider training would soon be taken over by the
oruits its pilots from among the glider pilots.
ler gliding suss, such as Stoellen near Rhinow,
and the following 3 large fields in the GDR
8aarsund near Potsdam, Schoenhagen near Trebbin
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a glider contest in Poland in dune 1955. Political indoctrination was
ified and took 2 days per week.
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