1. SOVIET ESTATES NEAR LIEGNITZ TAKEN OVER BY THE SOVIET CIVIL ADMINISTRATION 2. POLISH MILITARY LABOR BATTALIONS IN HIRSCHFELDS AND BRZESZCZE

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CIA-RDP80-00810A002400600007-2
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December 19, 2016
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January 3, 2006
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7
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Publication Date: 
September 9, 1953
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REPORT
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Apprpy'~.q j se 201 A~/12 : CIA-RDP80-0081 04~ TOPIC- ._....REPORT NO. is Sovifft 'Estates near Lolernitz Taken over by t h e Sov ; . fi t C i?m ni -*+ -r _.~_~.. i 2? polish Military Labor Hattelions in H1rschfe1.Ap av,,,ZA Hq.c rv, _- EVALUATION I I - - -PLACE OBTAINED DATE OF CONTENI DATE OBTAINED REFERENCES 1 25X1 25X1 PATE PREPARED 9 Saotmiber 191 64 _..25-Xr1 PAGES_- - _,. ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE).,.,,.., o..,,, 1m the Liegnitz (0 52/B 82) area indicated that the estates of Panten ',,052/B 2-and Bienau` (0 52B 92)., which had been controlled by the Soviet M1.li1 cry .3.dm .nistretion_, were taken over by Soviet- civil . agencies in early 1953. The military personnel was replaced by uniformed civilians, who came from the U.S.S.R. Under the civil administration only cattle-breading was done at the estate of Psnteno The two estates employed German workers besides about 40 Soviet laborers. 20 After early May 1953, about 450 Polish soldiers were observed, in the schoolhouse in that sector of Hirsehfelde (0 51/G 08) which was east of,the Neisse River. The soldiers, who belonged to the 1929 to 1931 classes and mainly game from Upper' Silesia# worked in the Tuxow pit in shifts and also received, military training. 25X1 3. Prior to February 1953,,1 low wooden buildinEs, which quartered a Polish military labor battalion, in the area of the United Coal Pits Andrzea 1 and II in Brzeazcze (Q 50/X 99)o The mere who wore brown uniforms with red service color, worked in the coal pits, CLASSIFICATION Sys RET, Approved For. Release 2006/01/12 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA002400600007-2 I