MILITARY INFORMATION FROM ORANIENBURG

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010900210005-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: February 15, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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REMARKS
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11 arms from the turret and the
soldiers ,,,,]ere ss:Cn Gr,_a
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north side of tt.e former concentration tion camp ({partunitior dump)
9Fx1 had been increased to 11 by early Janu,,ry. (1)
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2. On 9 January, trucks e rest c each carrying five 2on-1
y/ //~~ ~q~ R~+p i _?eisr e
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dtaearsea. and Gunfire vans heard on the same day from the Borg sdor.=f 25X1
Stadt t ed
Forest between ifi hway ",o 96 and Pinnocaer Schlouse. A convoy 25X1
of six trdc',s including three towing 76.2-mm field ;uns and 25X1
Sta area
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w icted
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re
carrying 20 sol '
on 15 January,
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left the restrictec area
1311 soldiers
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each carry
on 22 Januaryo Two of teem towed one 100-mm AT fun each. In earl
ource determined that Lieutenant Colonel -~.nochl~o~r (m u) ,
,s ar_u~~ryi ~ s
commanding officer of a 760 2-rnm AT artillery Z egiment, was st.-
serving as regimental coYWander despite previous rumors regarding
his reassignment to the U.S.S.R. Lieutenant Colonel Siobodnuk (fnu)
was the political officer of the above rentin,ned AT artillery
regiment. (2)
In early Januwlry,9 the Oranienbur7 castle would
be rebuilt in the spring o> ? ana that 675.0-:0 eastnrarks have
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been appropriated for this purpose. Radio truck. caith 25X1
an extended antenna 10 meters hih= 1
in the yard of the castle. (3) Two _-; tan_,. a ud f ,
sere entrained at the Ora 1ienbur freight ford on9 Janu ,ry0 (l,
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1. Lieuutonant Colonels Steppaniyeshen (feu),
fnu and Ziyemakin (fnu)
Pe rove is s :i in (fnu) , Skaru.ppa UM'
(all names spelled phonetically) were the administrative officers
of the units quartered in the rear section of the SS Kaserne at
(fl c Z 77) in .:id-January 19,52. Ten T-34 tanks,
were the SS Kaserne on
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4. On 9 January, T-34 tanks sere seen moving cross 25X1
country on the training field along the road from Sachsenh-usi4n
to `riedrichsthal, north of Oranienburg. T-34 t: ?znk was sraen25X1
at the same field on 11 Janu.,ry, and T-34 tanks 25X1
were soon on 15 January. About 200 troops vicari.ng red-?borclered
black epaulets with tank insignia and carrying rifles received
field training along the railroad embankment north of the
Oachsenhausen railroad. station on 10 January. The troops primarily
simulates offensive maneuvers. (1)
~.. On 16 January, it was determined that the 1 TO of the Soviet
komendatura was located at 11 Greifsr;alderstrasse. workers who
were engaged in improving the so-called Zeppelinhalle on the
embankment of the Sachsenhausen-Oranionburg railroad line said
that the building would be converted into r ,' iation
as . soon as possiblo. (4) T-34 tanks Jere 25X1
observed on a regular, freight train going ror~ ran en urg tow and
Loewrenberg on 10 Janu7..ry. 25X1
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6. In the evening of 9 January, all buildings of the SS Kaserne on
I3crnauer idled were fully lighted. Sedans
were parked at the barracks gated
7 , A train which left the Oranienburg railroad station northward at
about 10:45 a.m. on 14 Janu.?iry consisted of 2 boxcars, each
carrying 15 soldiors with red-bordered black epaulets; 10 closed
boxcars- and 7 flatcars, each carrying 1 truck and 1 < 37-mm A
un:
..On 12 January, 4 x 45-mm .?&T guns were being emrlaced north of the25X1
Indiustriehof which belongs to the SS Kaserno. In late December 25X1
1951 the ranking officer in the SS Kaserne was Colonel Gruenshenkov
(f.hu) (phonetic spelling). The colonel was billete at 11 Hubertus-
strasse within the limits of the military biiletine area. (1) 1
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10. In the morning of 30 December, the soldiers in the SS I:aserne,
Oranienburg, had to pick up propaganda leaflets which had been
thrown into the billeting area by anti-Soviet elements during
the preceding right 4 ('7)
( ) c 97, k of the'' 25th Tank Div which is the concentration
can and the Panzer Sc.hule is cc'nfirmed 25X1
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Units Stepanizhve ":) and k 1n 25X1
received shipments of potatoes it September 19'1 at Cimp VoMelsang
which, among oth-.r units nuart^red components of thn 25th. Tank
Div at that tinge? 25X1
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Se,, urn ty info iation
'.'his
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generally confirms the statement of the prosen~; report.
h.therto a knorin Lieutenant Colonels Potrovets fnu) and
.akin (fnu) may be administrative officers of two cor;pononts
of the 25th Tan: Div. The source of Paragraphs 9 to it last
identified Colonel Gruenshenko (fnu) as Colono:. Gruenkhen (fn))
(3) Jud