GERMAN AND SOVIET BORDER PERSONNEL GUARDING THE ZONAL BORDER

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: October 19, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC-. German and Soviet Border Personnel CruardimT the Zonal Border
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DATE OBTAINED DATE PREPARED-19 October 1950
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In early the following Volkspolizei and Soviet
border guards were observed along the western border of Land
Mecklenburg:
98)t 80 police and 20 Soviet soldiers
weari ^ black-bordered red as aulets,
were seen passing through
Herrnburgo
Luedersdorf (I,i 5Li/T 08): 10 Soviet soldiers wearing blame
bordered red epaulets
Palingen (Li 54/T 08)t 20 police
Lauens 20 police
Selz,-sdorf: About 60 police in the forester's
house of ilohonmeilo
Herrnburg (M 2 /s
Zarnewitz: About 40 police in a house on
Daseow Lake
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About 100 police and one Soviet
senior lieutenant, 8 Soviet NCOs
and 1 Soviet soldiers wearing black-
bordered red epaulets
Volkstorf: About 40 police
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30 police and 20 Soviet soldiers who
wore black-bordered red epaulets who
were quartered in six houses built on
the road to Priwall by the German Air
Force
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Larendorf: 30 police quartered in the customs
house
20 Soviet soldiers wearing black-
bordered red epaulets
25X1 A 20 Between the following Grenzkommandos
along the zonal border between Wittenberge (Id S3/Y 69) and Doemitz
(M L/T 31):
'."i ttenberge t
Mue gendorf:
Luetkernvische
7ustrow:
Gander:
Lonzen:
Kietz:
Unbesandton:
Gaarz:
Schwerin (L 54/T h6):
A Grenzpolizeiko: .ndo with 2 Kom is..
saro and 24 police, and a Soviet
customs station with two officers
and six ;I1 in the harbor
A Gronznolizeikoz ando with two
Konnnissare and 20 police
A Soviet detail of 2 officers and
20 111
A Grenzpolizmikomrnando numbering
3 Korrnaissare and 18 police
A Soviet detail of 3 officers
and 194
A Grenzpol.izeihauptkormandantur on
Ila hurgerstrasse with 5 Korunissare
and 28 pol.icel a short--term course
for border police in the castle
with 1 Kommissare and 30 police;
a Gronzpolizeiko ndo of 2 Komr issare
and 20 police; and a Soviet detail of
1 officers and 42 QJ at the railroad
station
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A Grenzpolizeikonmando with 2 Kor issare
and 20 police
A Soviet detail of one officer and 16 EM
A Grenzpoli.zeikomarando t.th 2 Kor issare
and 20 police
A Grenz polizeikommando of one Korar issar
and 20 police
A Soviet detail of 2 officers and 12 :LI
The Soviet border sector headquarters
of the ' 7ittenbe rge-Doemitz arrea,
commanded by Liajor Kostanov, (fnu)
Dordor control headquarters
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Sub sector of foe nzion:
(m 53/Y 59)
Stro$ow:
Auloson:
Gross-m. lanzer:
3 'oernzien;
Sub,-sector of Schrar ae:
(N 53/Y 48)
Zier ndorf:
Ziessau:
3chrars t
Kaulitz
Ilechau:
luebau:
20 police and the Soviet bordor
sector Ihadquartcrs of 30
soldiers with passenger car
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Grenzpolizeikorrxdo of one officer
and 15 police
Crenzpolizeikomrr ndo of one officer
and 20 police
srenzpolizeikomrnando of one officer
and 18 police
Soviet detachment of 2 Soviet
officers and 30 L V
Grenzpolizeikormando with one
officer and 20 police
Grena polizeilcomando of one officer
and 20 police
"oviet detaclmont of 2 Soviet officers
and 20 :2u
Grenzpolizeikormnado with one officer
and 20 police
C "orizpolizeikorriando with one officer
and 12 :police
srenzpolizeika nando of one officer
and 15 police
The aranzpolizeikorznandos at the railroad station of Gross-Garz had one
officer and four police.. at the railroad station of Ilarpe one officer
and three 7ol.ice., at the railroad station of krendsee one officer and
eight police.. and at the railroad station of Klaodon one o.c?Lcor and
four police.
Previous data indicate that one VP :Ironzbero s z 11 is located
ecklenburl; agrees pith previous data,, ,sea
in ..choenberg and has subordinate Komm mdanturon in I)assow.. Ilerrenburg
and chlagsdorf; the second VP Orenzberoitschaft in 4yitton1 rg with
subordinate Kon ndanturen in Zarrontin.. Groven and Tbitzenbuurg; and the
third VP Greri bereitsehaft in ;1dona zvi th subordinate Ko andanturen in
Neuhaus.. Doemitz and Lenzena
Conironta The Granzpolizci in that sector is subordinate to the VP
Grc;rzzb4~rei.tsc! a ft in balzrwed Ji ' ? danturon in. 14cnct cop
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