MILITARY INFORMATION FROM JUETERBOG AND THE WERDER-MARKENDORF TROOP TRAINING GROUNDS

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• Publication Date: September 29, 1952
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Durin the period from 8 to 124 August 1.71"2, all harracks were occupied; and all
kitchens in operation, at the oerder-Larkendorf troop trainin:-, grounds east of
jueterbcg (N 52/E 69),, However, only a few soldiers wore seen in the quarters
during the da;70 S01710 soldiers stated that they would return to Attenberg (11 52/
E 37) in October 1952.. Source learned from Clerman laborers that Lieutenant Colonel -
MolocIlen (fun) was snoaly officer of Sections 1 and 2, and :_ajor Dantsov (fnu) was
an7ply officer of'..ection 15. On 8 .A.u.;:ust, six groups each consisting of 1 officer
and 12 izien wearing red-bordered black epaulets including a -few with tank insignia
received instruction outdoors in section 12? Li.entrinnnt. ra-sarcneo (Dm) was
supply officer in this section.? I on 12
AuTiE3t?- 38 T-311/fir; rrd with tarpaulins were in the parking lot of SectionX1
13. Tanks Iivera being worked on. From 50 to 60 trucks and 3
-x 57?rrta AT guns werein .sheds. Lieutenant Coloael .E.razilnikov (inn) was su).:ay
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Section 13,, Individu,R1 soldiers wearing red-bordered black epaulets with tank . l -
insignia Were seen near the quarters in Section 14, and. supply officer Lieutenant
Colonel Shmiedloff (f nu) was identified there? Twelve trucks 9 5' armored scout cars,
9 armored personnel carriers w-e 15 JS tanks were in the parking lot with other
vehicles. On 114 A,u7,uat, only a few officers and la: weari:i red-bordered black
epaulets were seen in Serati.on 4Q Type T-34/35 tank cooded toward Klosto25X1
Zinna, Truck 'near the barracks. Truck______heft Section 15. (1)
On 27 Julys a ,,roup of soldiers with 5 trucks,
armored scout cars and 1,4 motorcycles
yard of the Fuchther Kaserne, east o uao ra/
the barracks installation to,lard aruenstrasse0
who yore red-bordered black epaulets. Velticles
in stalla ti on. (2)
4 arnored e)nrnrInnnl n.01.1.iorsp 3 1115
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J.roao.? ir Juoterbog. They later, left
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On 15 Au:7mA,, )42 trucks, each transaortinz 16 to 18 soldiers with-red-bordered black
epaulets, passed through
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During the period fron 3 to 14 Auust? the follo-AnL: shipments
were determined
on the juotorlios-nostcr :Anla line:
At noon on 3 August. A train consistin: of ei-ht boxcars with troops wearing
red-bordored
black onaulets artillnr7 i lia9
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? rocket launchors?
6 x 57
juns, 1 field hitchon, The train pulled
out at 12:30 p.m.
and proceede.:: toward Attenborc.
At 5:30 p.m. on 4
Auust. The regular froi!:ht train headirr; toward .Zos,,on (N 53A 91)
carried 3 ambulances, 2 com land cars and 1 T-34/85 tanks
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At 3 p.m. on 5 A train without locomotive was at the ramp of the l'orst
August. ZiAna railroad
trucks
station. It 1 rtn nel 01 1
At 530 a.m. on 6
August.
At 5:39 p.n. cm 2
Al:c;ust.
At 7:10 n.m. on
11 August.
from 3 2,.1-1. to
3:30 p.m. oa 14
Awlust.
o X ;)(..,MM rgUnt-; or model 41; 8 x 57-mm AT
:uns of model 43, 12 x 120-mm mortars, and 1)4 Lox-cars
carrying troops woarinz; red-bordered black epaulets with
artillery insignia?
A train headed toward Juoterbog.stopped on the 'ruona-
jueterbog railroad line with thA
46 trucks
x 57-zul AT :uns o. model 41; 16 x
AT guns of Model 43; 16 x 123-mm mortars; and 3.!. boxcars
with troops.
A train at the Juotorbos freight station, headed toward
dittenber3, carried 1L. trucks 1
16 x 57-mm AT -un s of model 41; 3 rocket launchers
and 6 Loxcars with tr000 wearing rod-bordere,7 black
.00aulets with artillry insignia.
iight JS-3 tanks arid 1 .jSU-122 gun wore
on a train at the Jueterbog railroad station.
At tho2orst Ziala railroad station the fo11owin7
equipnent was unloaded: 112, trflro.x.
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, 6 nodol 41 57-mm AT guns.
Troops wearing red-bordered black epaulets with artillery
insignia were unloaded from 10 hoxcars. oource stated that
some trucks had already been unloa,.1cd before he made his
observations.
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Prior to 18 July, source learned from a craftsman employed in camp "order-
::arkonderf that the camp quartered C,003 to 10,303 troops who belonged to a
tank unit fran'Attenberz. The informant identified the folowin officers by
last name and rank: Colonel nalishki, Lieutenant Colonel Shmiedlov, Lieutenant
Colonel Fatushin, Lajor Damtsov? ::ajor Krainikov, :Jenior Lieutennnt :tichkov
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and Lbnior Lieutenant Nasov. The division comiandor? a colonel, was billeted
in the '.1.eidehof -1.;state and drove sedanl The camp also quartered ?
tank unito from Jueterbog-,Altes Lager which included :..ajor ::,oldeshenko (fnu)0
cormraandant in administrative matters. (1) 25X1
25X1 Colonel Nosel (fnu) wearino tank insi:nia and ridirv sedan was. camp
Petween 28 and 30 July? the quarters of the vlie-orhorst airio nniv'ev) prr TA Aerboc:
was about-50 Dercent occupied.
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24-hour schedule. On 20 July, 20 p7ondo10 cars with 20 trucks were on 25X1
the spor track. On 29 July, five unnumbered trucks escorted by a senior
lieutenant with artillery insi,:nia, arrived in tiro .!)arrocks installation, Torty
soldiers practiced with 6 x 76.2-ma ID-3 field O:uns; 10 nen received instruction
with a 37?mm ,V1 gun; and 33 mon practiced firin:_: with 3 heavy AA machine Luns.
Five hundred meters south 'of the barracks instaration was a teat with 2 rae,io
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During the period fro Ti 21 to 24 July, source loorned in theyuctsberg I:aserne
east of the railroo0 line that a clothing depot and ration au -1y depot guarded
by sentries with red-borderod black epaulets and tank incif:nia wer.2. in the.
former laundry area. ;ight tank trucks and tank trailers wero in a wooden shed
opposite the old veterinary-hospital. purin:; the peria' of observations the
troops in the bill tin,:; area eng3.,7od in athletics in groups of 33 to 40 men.,
and in drilling without arms in ;:youps of !4) mon. The latter wore red-bordered
black epaulets. Jther troops were soom marching out in groups up to 20 men.
They wore red-lbrderod bled: epaulets and carried rifles, submachine :.1_uns? light
machine auns and practice targets. Two T-34 tanks Two repeatedly seen moVimr.
out of the Ulletin area toward the slaughterhouse? On 23 July'. 14) to *-1 q7ks
were closely lined up in the barracks yard.
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On 17 Anfrust firr trucks, each towin,:? a 37-re, AA 013 I
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entered the Altos La-er am unition depot 3 g.m northwest of
Jueterbog0 source noticed that, as so,n as the trucks had enter: the cam) th y
individually went in a differeni, Tection, docket launcher I 25X1
On 14 and 15 jod:UD 4 source leorned in the Fuchoberg :aserao east of the
railroad lino that two buildings of the barracks installation each quartered three
units of al.eut 120 coldioro each who wore rod-bordered black epaolets, lozt, of them'
with tank insignia? o third buildinf; -.?as portly occupied by a motorcycle unit. At
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about 6 p.m. on 13 -u:ust? 25 T-34/C5 tanlf.s.0,1
fr ] drove to the Fuchsberg
raserne rrom the direction oi t'oe ,erder--arkendorf troon trainino orounds. Trucks
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100 On 21 July, source learned that Lioutona-nt .;o?lonel :'usikov (fru) who wore
silver epaulets with artillery insinin was in charge of to construction
of bunner doors at the Juetertog troop trainin7 :roune,s and rode in jeep
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(Inu),?who rode jeenl L. was in chary of the
construction workin the Jueterbog arnunition depot near Tiefeabrunlen. (1)
110 Dnrin7 the period from ?4 to 15 Awfust, a tent camp with up to 50 trucks was
observed about 3 kMwest-southpost of the Luckenwalde railroad station on
the eaStern perimeter of the JuaterboF; troop trlining zrounds(, :Jource noticed
that the number of weapons and trucks continually chan:od. The following
details were Observed:
h Auust. About 80 trucks, including anbulancd 130x 76.2..mm
21S-3 guns, 12 x howitzers, and S model 13 rocket launchers.
Aw,ust. About 60 trucks., 20 x 762-mm field, guns.
t August. The camp was moved about 503 motors to the northwest. Observed
were only 20 x 76.2-mm field uns,5 rocket lcl)ers and 60
trucks :
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Colonel farovenko
11 August. 20 trucks and 2 moriel 13. root
.?...L41121s. 55 trucks and 13 heavy mortnrs.
ITTOist. 50 trucksi 12 heavy nortnrs of about 12D-i:, rod.io truck
and a teat with 0.men rod-bordered hlack ePaulets with
artillery insignia.
15 krust. 30 trucks and 12 heavy mortars. (4)
12. On 6 Au:,:ust, an A. gunanplacenent ,7ith six 25-Jan ? funs an seven 24-zian
tents. were observed tout 600 motors southwest of the i'arst ?Anne railroad
station. ;mortars wore observed southeast of the same railroad station, The
gate just opoosite the railroad st5Aion was 7arCed by a sentry who wore rod-
bodered. black epaulets, ,bout 12 trucks, several scilaas and an ambulance were
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at the gate of the installation. (7)
Tho ?o).lowind units turned Ic their laundry in Juoterlo.,,- clu2in:: the period from
L. to 7 Au at:
? Number and Kind of
xticles ornaEn;
1,225
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2,422
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shirts
drawers
bedsbeets
pillowcases
towels
footwraps
shirts
drawers
bedcheets
pillowcases
towels
footwraps
42 shirts
42 drawers
51 bedshoots
48 pillowcases
)47 towels
54 footwraps
3.1a-tlets and
Jraneh-of-borvica
red-bordered black
red-bordered black
rod-'bordered black
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7T. f.Efa of Clothins
120
120
235
125
125
74
010
313
1,672
794
309
1,177
235
233
473
224
276
468
473
46C
10000
512
815
363
511
513
762
563
534
727
shirts
drawers
bodsheets
pillowcases
towels
footwraps
shirts
drovers
bedshests
pillowcases
towels
footwraps
shirts
drawers
bedsheots
pillowcases
towels
footwraps
shirts
dra CTS
bodshests
pillowcases
towels
footwrsns
shirts
drawers
bedSheets
pillowcasos
towels
footaraps
07 shirts
39 drawers
166 bodsheets
90 pillowcases
97 towels
63 footwrass
61 shirts
35 drawers
37 bedsheets
35 pillowcases
63 towels
70 footwraps
128 shirts
125 drawers
229 bedsheots
217 pillowcases
152 towels
C9 footwraps
330 bodsheets
/75 pilaowcases
149 pilloncasss
?inaulets and
Pranch-of-service
rod-bordosed bla.ck
with tank insisnia
rod-bordered bi CIC
with tank insi:nia
red-bordered black
red-bordered bisck
with tank insiznia
red-bordered black
with tank insi:snia
rod-borderea 'slack
with mstor trans ort
insisnia
red-bordered black
red-bordorsd black
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5013rces of para;Taphs 1 and 5 confirn the 72.ajority of tho 6th Gds Tank
Div in their summer cam at, icrder?rkendorf until 111 Aust 1952. Tho
.umber ea cam) sections are keyed to a sketch nreviously forwarded?
Th officors mentioned in :) ra.s.raph I wore provt)usly
sane source in 19"A to have be,,,n v.unnlv offirrf4
reported 1),V the
same. sections
Lialjshki (fnu) iu r wasaLn .L au) aro re3orte0 for the . first time?
Krainikov is 2o 5 Ei y identical -aith Tiieutellzint Colo ael Krasilnikov
who belonp:s to the 53d Gas Tara. Rect. Conpared with previous informa.tion
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it ap)ears that senior Iientennat Nasov (flu) is
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inelltical with L'ajor Hosov (nu) and C,oloael :Josel (fat:) is identical 7ith
Colonel I;osul (mu), 1:ajor :oldeshenko (mu) is believed to he one ::ajor
nalochan (fnu) also reported by source of paragraph 1 in 1951 and 19522
as being officer in bection 1. :.ajor :,:ollochen (fnu) presunably belorv:s to
the 272d ads jJ)rt icf2t of the 6th Ws Tank Div from JueterLci;;-Altes Llwer
which was stationed iections 1 and 2 ni l:ann ;,'i ler-Llarkenderf last year
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Lieutenant Colonel Pushicov (fail) also reported by SOUrCe of paracraph 10 is
identical with Lieutenant Colonel "ushkin (.Nu) of t:o 272d ads ,:ort
(2). The occupation of the 2uchsber Naserne is not known. On the 1.osi f previous
reports, it can be assu7led that battalions are stationed. there -711ich are
subordinate directly to the Hq 14th Gds. Locz? Div in the nearby :Souse 2inalizar..rt
and that other units are also stItioned there. -ee.-.)nt information preLloninantly
indicated the presence of the ea:ineer battalion ald t7he motorcycle hattalicm.1
it appears that a tan- oautelion is.also
the 14th ads 7ecz Div oT to other units of ne
statione(? taere. 71 25X1
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(3) The columns were comnosed of mntor 7rnT,1 pies of the 14th 0,2s :_ecz Div.
25X1(4) I 14.1-,--- 4.1-nins carried eleents of the
25X1 ? Jecond Ids ::ecz ArEryo I liadicated that components of
the 1st ::ecz Div and of the 9th Gds Tank Div were rotated to the Jleterbe:;
troop trainin 2rounds for firin7 practice as of ?lote July. AccordinL- to the
information contained in par36raoh 11 of the present report, it appears that
these units and, ,:=Jspecially the 9th :kis Tank Diva are alternately Quartered in
the tent camp which has been reported twice 1 See .
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Ane lignt occupation of the Fliezerhorst is oesibly because elements of the
14th Gds Lecz Div stationed there are temporarily out for practices near the
military cost,
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,urf;e ana was presumablyrm.,a;7.ed in nn?ctieesd I
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4.1.k..egu.ini5 to a sketch. submitted by source but not forwarded
is near the Adolf Hitler Camn whin'n hnliAc- 4-1,m Tf^ w.,-;.... , ,, 1-
the AAA emplacement
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trainin;., area in July. Loreover2 reports iron this trainin3 area
indicated that the enineer trainina of units of to Third :111R t'eNf"7
completed about that timoi
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