PRODUCTION OF FINE WIRE MESH AT THE TOWA PLANT, NEUSTADT/ORLA

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 11, 2003
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 16, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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? CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
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Germany (Russian Zone) DATE DISTR. 16 June 1950
Production of Fins Wire Mesh at NO. OF PAGES 3
the Tewa Plant,, Neustadt/Orla
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l The TEt''A V 'B/:':eavinS iPl+ nt on Triptiserstrasse in
Neus tadt/Orla ( 51./3 84), formerly the Oskar
.ilhauer, -Zr, ".7eaving Plant in Neustadt/Orla,
was established about 1926 by Oskar Eilhauer A Sr.,
who died in the fall of 1949, One of his sons is
interned by the Soviets, the other one lives in
the west., After the Soviet occupation this plant
was permitted to resume production. Only few
machines were dismantled,.
2,? Technical rntiager is Pohl, do relides at Gerhart-
r:auptmann-Strasse in Neustadt/Orla~ He was employed
as foreman in the plant until 191.5. (1)
3. Labor force:
",ork in the plant is done in three eight-hour shifts
(including on Sundays and holidays) with 130 employees.
Some of the employees are only auxiliary workmen.
';ire weavings of 10,000 mesh and 7,000 mesh per sq err
are manufactured, The 35,000 mesh per sq cm weavings
roduced for the Garman Armed Forces during the war
n no longer be made, as the looms used were renoved
the Soviets. Rolls of the thin wire material
"required for weaving are delivered by the Soviets,,
Descri~t1on of ~roduct.b
The finished products al? rolled like textiles into
bales about 1 meter 'ide. These bales are packed in
boxes and shipped to Frankfurt/Oiler (0 53/V 63), from
where they are said to continue to Brest-Litovsk
(c FX /*rt P7 1
pages)
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Soviet control of standards:
Tsohnical acceptance and examination of the
weaving bales in done by Soviet civilians.
`these Soviets arrive each Thursday in paasen-
r cars F- I
They drive from Gera r 511K 06)
and remain until Laturday0 (2)
Technical office:
P1, c ned for establishment in the neat future,
This office iullegedly will reorganize and
integrate the work schedule'.
"iste ,eats:
During wartirr production for the German Armed
Forces, several sister plants were built in
Saxony; these are now producing for the Soviets,
The finished products of these Plants are always
sent to Neustadt/Orla for acceptance and ship-
zatznt 0 (3)
9" Looms- ~aloyed.
All weavings of the T`!'A : -lant are manufactured
on looms produced by the s~ hr VEB Ylent for the
Construction of 101re Weaving looms at 4 Trip-
tiserstrasso, Neustadt/Orla (formerly l:nii.l-
Jaeg,*e r L iant in Neustadt/Orla) 0 This plant
pti1ll ;pro duc eS wire weaving looms.
1O0 Oute"o in
Between 10 and 15 February 1950 source observed boxes
of various sizes being transported from the
plant toward the railroad s tats onn The boxes ware
labelled "Technical Office i,,oscow" In Cyrillic
letters,
C omre rt
(1) lohri was mentioned in a previous report~4)ieiay
back and Schuuknecht ()L) were mentioned as other
managers in this plant0
(2) Confirms previous Information that the TVA-7A
Y1ent in Neustedt/Orle is also the todt station
for wire weavings produced in the Soviet Zone
of Ger aanyn (5)
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(3) The sister j: t arts may be the f ol1(rinE ,plants,.
TIa'~~vA I i.ant VLB ''sire aving i lant in 3~aguhn CM 52/
a 15) and TK'?;.a lant VIe ""Ire 'reav1ng 11ant in
Dresden A 24 (N 2/F 29)
1 Pw nex 4 TE",`A L'lant in i'Neus tadt/Or1e ,
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