RAILWAY SHIPMENTS THROUGH EBERSWALDE

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
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• Publication Date: December 8, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT Railway Shipments Through Eberswalde
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railway shipments through Eberswalde during the period
2 July through 28 August 1950
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Subject: Railway shipments through
Eberswalde
From 2 July through 8 September 1950 the following trains were observed at
Eberswalde, Brandenburg:
1. 2 July.
a. Train from Berlin, enroute to Stettin Harbor. 37 tank
b. Train from Berlin enroute to Stettin Harbor. 35 tank cars
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The armored vehicles were equipped with
large wheels each. Two were equipped with turrets and four were not.
They carried cannon of 5 to 7.5 centimeter calibre. Each vehicle
carried its antennae extended. Accompanied by military personnel
wearing black and red shoulder markings.
4. At irregular intervals trainloads of dis-assembled wooden houses go through
Eberswalde enroute from Pasewalk, destined for the railway station at Kowel.
A refrigerator car labelled "empty" often makes several trips a day between
Eberswalde and Templin. The addressee is: The Red Army, Col. MILITSCH NKO's
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2. 4 July. Train [----]from Frankfurt Oder with 17 tank cars of gasoline.
Destination: Train also contained 2
freight cars being sent to elten under boviet escort.
5. 5 July.
a. 47 freight cars loaded with potash (58-62%) enroute from Eberswalde
to Stettin harbor. Ito RASNOW
EXPORT STETTIN,
b. 35 freight cars loaded with cotton, enroute from
border station orka (? Sic) to Riesa, Sachsen. Customs entry markings
on freight.
Co Six open freight cars carrying radio cnrs and armored
reconnaissance cars from Mullrose to Stendal.
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4. (Cont.)
Templin is the principal maneuvre area of the 4th Mechanized Army. -e
states that the area is occupied by units of the 25th and 10th Armored
Divisions and of the 6th Mechanized Division.)
5. 24 July 1950. 'Crain I Iwith 8 freight cars carrying a total of 120
Soviet soldiers, and 38 flat cars. Enroute from. "berswalde to L4eberose
near Frankfurt/0. The shipment
included 12 triple-axled trucks, 2 field kitchens with rubber covering,
8 motorcycles with side-cars, 7 T-34's, 5 caterpillar tractors, 2 twin-
axeled vehicles (rubber covers), 3 armored reconnaissance oars.
6. 25 July 1950.
a. 38 freight cars loaded with VOLKSPOLIZEI members enroute
from Berlin-Pankow to Prenzlau.
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b. Train from hberswalde to L&eberose near 1"rankfuurt/0. Two
freight cars carrying: 3 officers, 5 non-commissioned officers, 50 men.
Nine flatcars each carrying one T-34. Seven flatcars carrying: 5
trucks, 1 field kitchen, 1 motorcycle with side car, 4 light armored
reconnaissance cars (jeep chassis), 1 trailer with military supplies.
c. Fight freight cars carrying: 6 officers, 10 non-commissioned
officers, 81 men. 27 flatcars with 4 anti-tank cannon of about 7.5
centimeter calibre, 5 tractors (twin-axled), 6 trucks (triple axled),
3 light armored reconnaissance cars as in 6-b above, 1 water trukk (500
liters capacity), 1 ambulance, 77 motorcycles with sidecars, 1 passenger
car (BMW), 4 amphibious vehicles, 1 omnibus.
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a. Train with 28 open freight cars loaded with coal. ''nroute from
Neuolsnitz, Sachsen, to WJolgast harbor.
b. Train II with 40 freight cars loaded with cement enroute from
Nienburg, aale, to the freeport at atettin.
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8. 28 July 1950.
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Fra.nkfurt 0 to Biesenthal, Mark. Addressee:
Accompanied by 1 officer and 4 enlisted men.
45 freight cars loaded with cement enroute from Nienburg,
Saale to the Stettin freeport.
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40 tank oars of gasoline enroute from Gross-Korbetha to
Port Centra Stettin.
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14 freight cars of ammunition from I rankfurt/0 to
Wulkow, Ir. Ruppin.
Escorted by 1 officer and men in a passenger ru omo i .
All tore black and red shoulder markings.
18. 5 ;August 1950. 5 freight oars, carrying; 20 oases of
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Stettin.
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b. 44 freight cars of cement, enroute from Nienburg,
Sai41e to Otettin Freeport.
31 July 1950. 41 open freight cars load with
coal, enroute from Neuolsnitz, Sachsen to freeport at Stettin.
11. 1 August 1950.
a. Train with 1 tank car of gasoline from Velten/mark enroute to
Wolgast. your tank cars gasoline
from Velten ark to Alolgade. Two
tank cars gasoline from Velten M"rk to inow.
markings.
oars ammunition from Frankfurt/0 to
Furstenberg/Mecklenburg. Escorted by three men wearing black
Train -with 5 freight
c. ? freight cars of wheat flour enroute from Eberawalde
to ogelsan . Escorted by three men wearing black and red shoulder
markings.
d. oviet leave train) from erankfurt/0 enroute to 6chwerin/
Mecklenburg. 7 freight cars of wheat flour from Eberswalde to Templin,
accompanied by 2 escorts wearing black and yellow shoulder markings.
12. 2 August 1950.
14. 6 August 1950.
I2 tank cars of gasoline from Velten/Mark
to i inow-Sud.
15. 7 August 1950. Train 8111 with 1 tank car gasoline from Velten/Mark to
Finow-Slid.
16. 8 August 1950.
4 frei gh oars enroute from Eberswalde from ''erlin
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livestock market with a cargo of herring.
Escorted by 1 officer and 4 men wearing black and yellow
shoulder markings.
tank cars of gasoline
1 jet fighter plane with accessories.
with one 4-axled flatcar carrying
The train also carried one freight car under Soviet escort of 1 officer
and 5 men (blue shoulder markings). The
shipment was enroute from Zinnowitz on the island of Usedom to brest-
Litovsk. It was transferred at Eberswalde
from Eberswalde to Frankfurt/0.
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VZx1 18. 12 August 1950. Train from Stassfurt to Stettin harbor with 49
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25X1 a. Train from Karlsdorf to Stettin freeport with 44 freight cars of
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b. Train from Mersebur- to Stettin freeport with 29 tank cars of
paraldehyde. Also one freight oar enroute to
Pasewalk, escorted by 2 VOL:SPOLIZEI Wachtmeisteren.
c. Train from Gotha/east to Stettin Freeport.
Train consisted of 2 flatcars carrying 4 boilers, 4 flatcars with 10
cases of machine parts, 1 open car with 2 cases of machine parts, 1
freight car escorted by 1 police Oberwachtmeister and 2 Wachtmeisteren
belonging to-the transport police. The escort personnel were to accompany
the train as far as Pasewalk.
25X1 20? 15 August 1950. Train I lenroute from Dessau to Stettin freeport.
2 5X1 13 flat oars with 30 cases of machine parts.
1 freight oar escorted by 2 oversergeants who had been ordered to accompany
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25X1 a. Train II from Nordhausen to Stettin freeport.
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1 open freight car with 5 oases of machine parts.
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b. Train from NienburgJSaale to Stettin freeport. I
Forty freight cars loaded with Portland cement.
c. Train from Gotha-east enroute to Stettin freeport.
14 flat cars with 26 eases of machine parts and 5 open
cars carrying 15 cases of machine parts.
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Thirty-five tank cars of paraldehyde.
e. Train from Goschwitz, Thuringia, enroute to Stettin freeport.
r'orty-three freight cars loaded with Portland
22. 23 feu ust 1950. Train lIfrom Iienburg/Salle to Stettin freeport.
F_ I orty freight cars of Portland cement.
23. 25 August 1950. Two troop-transport trains from the direction of Frankfurt/
Oder. Each carried one company of troops enroute to the Eberswalde
garrison.
24. 28 August 1950. 0netroop-transport train with one company of troops for
the Eberswalde garrison.
25. 29 August 1950. Train oute from Stassfurt to Stettin freeport with
45 freight cars of potash
26, 2 September 1950. Train from Nienbur Saale to Stettin freeport with
52 freight cars of Portland cement.
27. 3 September 1950.
a. Train from Zinnowitz to TSCH.Lr;RNATKOWSK, USSR, with 10 freight cars
loads with wooden houses.
b. Train from Gotha-east to Stettin freeport. Five flatcars with
12 cases of machine parts. Addressee; LJENV STRhNS.
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a. Train from acho e k Elbe to Bernau near Harlin. 4 Zrf,i,ll~
cars wit ammunition
b. Train =romWittenber1e to Frankfurt on Oder. with 6 freight cars
loaded with edible oils.
29. 5 September 1950.
a. Train fron Ni.enbur !Scale to Stettin freeport with 45 freight
cars o cement.
b. Tra.iniIfrom Stassfurt-Leopoldshall to Stettin freeport. Fifty
freight oars loaded with potash E_ I
e. Frain From i+eukirch to Eisenspalterei Kleinbahnhof near Eberswalde.
One freight tazt car with trunks and food supplies.
30. 8 September 19:50.
EL, Train from Oberaltehemnitz to Stettin free port. Thirteen flatcars
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Escorted by 2 VOLKSPOLIZEI members from Chemnitz.
b. Train L-Jfrom Dresden Neustadt to Stettin free port. Three open
cars containing oases of machine parts.
Escorted by VOLKS?OLIZEI member from
Dresden.
c. Train from Miittelbach to Finowfurt MI rk. Two freight cars loaded
with mineral oil.
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