KVP UNITS IN EAST BERLIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2003
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: September 29, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY East Germany REPORT N0~
TOPIC KVP Units in- East Berlin
EVALUATION
see below PLACE OBTAINED)
DATE OF CONTENT 22 August to 13 September 1953
DATE OBTAIN
to 6,000 Kvrs were quartered at the Schloss ark in Friedrichsfelde. The soldiers
seen I (wore red service color.
HATE PREPARED 29 Septernber.1953
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1. Between 30 August and 3 September 1953, an estimated 5,000 25X1
From 25 August to 5 September, an estimated 5,000 KVPs were stationed at the Schloss-
park in Friedrichsfelde. Most of the soldiers seen wore red service coler, but
some red-bordered black epaulets were also noticed. Since many trucks occupied
by VP personnel were observed proceeding from or to the sector boundaries in Ber--
lin, the unit was employed for border control missions. The
VP soldiers were armed with submachine guns and rifles. F_ I 25X1
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3. The former installation of the Seapolizei on Schneller Strasse Quartered an 25X1 C
estimated 200 XVFs. No training activities were observed.
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Observations madel t the Magerviehhof between 1 and 7 September, indicat-
ed that the installation quartered at least 1,000 KVPs who wore green or light :red
service color. About 5:30 p.m., about 150 KVPs, most of them officers$ left the
installation, these officers lived in private billets. Tru3k5
occupied by personnel repeatedly left the installation toward Lichtenberg. The 25X1
unit quartered at the Magerviehhof was armed with rifles. Forty to 50 trucks and
some sedans were seen rked in the yard of the installation,
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From 22 August to 2 September,. observed that the Friedrich-Karl Kaserne 25X1
by a KVP unit and VP personnel who wore blue uniforms. On 22, 27 and 30 August,
about 10 field kitchens were observed in the yard of the installation.
observed, respectively, 2, 3 and 6 large tents in the southern portion of
the billeting area, near the field kitchens parked there. Up to 15 trucks and
On S September, 0 observed 50 large tents and about 30 smaller tents, the
latter with a capacity of 10 to.15 men each, besides 10 to 15 canvas-covered
armored vehicles and 8 to .1.0 canvas--covered artillery pieces at the Schlosspark
it liriedrichsfelde. The tents were a arentl. occ ied by KV'P soldiers. On 8 25X1 C
epteiber tracks loaded with straw and hay,
and tuck occu ad 6 men who wore crimsor
epaulet camp. en-cered We 25X1
~l. On 9 September, the former ca.tle in 7iriedrichsfelde and the Schlosspark were
occupied by P personnel. 1r m 70 to SO trucks and 10 jeeps were parked behind
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ar o f u m convoy
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20 men, left the Schlosspark toward Stalin Allee. The EM wore steer uni-
I by about
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10. Between 11:30 p.m. and 0:30 a.m.. in the night of 11/12 September, four convoys
each consisting of 1 jeep, 6 to 8 trucks, each occupied by about 20 KVPs, 1 truck
loaded with luggage, and 1 ambulance arrived at Magerviehhof 4 25X1
I Iwere identified. At 0:30 a.m. on 12 September, about
trucks eac occupied about 20 KVP* left the installation. 25X1
At 1 aa.m., lbserved a train tare ou . ocomo2 X1
tine consis !ling o ' boxcars occupied to capacity by KVP personnel at the F?riedrfchcs-
e1 de-Ost railroad station.
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Most of the soldiers wore . ue collar patches. The second convoy, W ic: was ?-
serrved at 10:20 p.m., consisted of about 40 trucks occupied b UP personnel ani
a Most es.
The third convoy, observed
at 11 p.m., consisted of 15 trucks each occupied a ut 25 KVPs who wore blue 25X1
collar patches.
e so ears were armed tit sma arms a 11=t mac Inc, juns.
The convoy probably proceeded to the Schloss pig in F riedrichsfelde. 25X1
11. Between 7:15 p.m. and 11 p.m. on 12 September,aotor vehicle25X1
convoys in Schoeneweide proceeding toward Karla ors The first convoy consisted 25X1
1.2. At 7:45 p.m. on 12 September, a KV'P troop train of 20 boxcars teach carrying abort
30 men.9 and abot t 25 flatcars a..eacb loaded with a track &arri aed at the NJager-.
viehhof at Berlin from the direction of Lichtenberg.
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On 9 September, I bserved that the FDGk!3 building on Fritz-Heckert Strasse
quartered a smaJ. unit of undetermined strength which was employed for guard
daries. Trucks 25X1 C
Vero parked in front of the building.
From 5 through 10 September, I he former installation "of the 25X1
Seepolizei on Schneller and Karlahorster Strasse served as quartering and ad- 25X1
-ministrative building of the .. An estimated 600 IWPs were quartered there.
The guards and soldiers seen there wore red bordered epaulets. About 15 sedans
were seen in the and of the building on 5 and 8 September.
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13. Between 7:20 P.M. and 7:30 p.m. on the same day, motor vehicles 25X1
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and 500 p.m., tnickl L- occupied by about 2~) KVPs entered the installa-
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n 14. Between.1 and 7 ept rber, the former Schuesternheim,(Hone for Nurses) in Biesdorf
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still quartered an estimated 40C to 600 KVP's who wore ba.acle-boruered red epaulets.
From 80 to 100 men were seen doing close order drill in the wooded area nearby.
Six trucks with food rations left the installation toward the Schlosspark in
F'ri. edr i. chef elEi e.
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15. Between 28 August and 7 September, t:e Schiosspark in Friedrichsfelde still
quartered an estimated 5,000 to 6,0((. KVP personnel who wore red and red-borderm
ed black epaulets. The soldiers were quartered in about 260 tents. Numerous motor
vehicles were seen near the tent camp. At intervals of about two hours trucks
carrying VFs armed with rifles and submachine guns left the Schlasspark. 25X1
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2 X1 16. At 4 p.m. on 13 September, r bserved that the Scblosspark in Friedrichs-
folds was almost completely vacated by the CVP. However, the tents were still 25X1 C
seen there. Two radio trucks and an undetermined number of jeeps "Via t.Tnlck
were s eft Tank tracks and jeeps
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arlin was
25X1A 1. Co ient. Information on the employment of KVF units in East
ran s ~Itted previous]-Y.
25X1 A Between 11 and 13 September, the three infantry regiments o e
Division Fora co fitted in Berlin in August were replaced units from Frora
25X1 A ' so by units from the Division Eggesin. .
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25X1 A 2.1 men,,.. It is not clear whether the unit previously stationed at the tens:.
nether the installation was just temporarily empty pending the arrival of a near
unit.
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