DEPUTY CHIEF FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR

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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 2009
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 8, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPCRT lac NO.
COUNTRY' f.st Germany
SUBJECT Deputy Chief for Econcmle Affairs of the
ministry of Interior
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DATE OF
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DATE DISTR.
8 April 1953
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1. In mid-November 1952, Major General Bernill'teinberger (fnu) was deputy chief for
economic affairs of the Ministry of the Interior on Glinka Strasse, Berlin.
2. Independent main departments assigned to the deputy chief for economic
affairs included the following:
The equipment department which was headed by 'BI>Ihardt Koppats:eh and was responsibl
for clothing and materiel supply of all branches of the armed forces and
of semivi]itary organizatio The n ction de rtrrent which was headed
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Hauptingenieur 111 .3. Koehler was h s
was his t ird deputy in charge of supply. The post of his second deputy
(political) was vacant.
The technical department which was in charge of the research and develop-
ment of arms and equipment for all branches of the armed forces.
The health department which was in charge of the medical service of all
branches of the armed forces and was responsible for sanitation and
hygiene at installations and quarters.
The department for fuel and lubricants which had to establish requirements
and to supply and distribute fuel and lubricants to all branches of the
armed forces and to semimilitary organizations, such as the main administra-
tion of the Oienst fuer Deutschland (labor service for Germany) in Ebers-
walde.
The housing department which corresponded to the Soviet KEO and had charge
of quarters and installations.
The administration department which was headed by ex-Major ;Btraaard Beahler
as chief of staff, had charge of general administration including pay and
had branch offices at all VP cadre units. F-11
3o Sections of the construction department included:
let Section or planning section headed by Werner Krause.
2d Section or contracting section whose acting chief was Baumann (fnu),
a former employee with the Ministry of Finances in Berlin.
3d Section or production section headed by Roland Kuehnau.
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4. A Eauunicn Kueste was rianne~ for Stralsund and was to do military construc-
tion work in addition to the Bauunicnen Word in Sagard-Giowe on Ruegen
Island, rr?ordcst in Frenzl.::u and Sued it Dresden. 2
5. grout seven certral construction staffs were to 're
established with the irdividtual district 1?ead:juarters (corps head.AuLrters)
of the ! ational Forces in ] 53. Dess':.u, Dresden, Berlin (with the guard bat-
talion and the c 'sic-r can.. ici,.te oche-" ii- Treptow), Fasewalk and Rostock
or Str:;i Fund were nar,edas_' ocaticns of these staffs, 3
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4th Section or urocurerrent section headed by Duer-1nc (fnu)
5th and 6th Sections or transrortation section and tecL:nic:l section whose
itissicns were still tndetermired and w'!.ose personnel
7th Section or finance section headed. :-:? Georg Witzel.
Sth Section or section for clan s fi.ed n:ateriz::l Loaded by Gex Y. ;rd .: ietsch.
Bern and Bechler is ira jor general of the Voi.kspclizei and hl-.d been kneim
as chief of staff of the Kasernierte Voikspolizei It is doubted that
he is assigned to te adE inistraticn deT =-..rtr..ent.
Comment. FFreviovs inforzr:iticn indicated that t :.e 7~&'.uunicn lord is in
ch.r -e of ccrstructi - n work for the navy, the Brauunion iiordcst for the
_ rmy (1rUf) and the Bauunion Sued for the air force. T'r_e z.4ssIgnmerts of the
new Bauuni.cn Kueste are unknown.
f cssibly in connection with the estab=.i;icrent c r a sal tary
territorial administration which is e,juivalent to tl.e fors er Gerx an Amy
Wehrkreise. Frevieus inforr:ati.cn indicated that a Territcri:ale Verwaltung
(territorial administration) (TV:?F) is in existence in Dresden.
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