MILITARY INFORMATION FROM WEIMAR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002800120004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2013
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: October 19, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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.-?DATE PREPARED 19 October 1953
Military Information from Weimar
On 16 Septemtor 1953, the Panzer Kaserne in Weimar was still occupied by
about 100 soldiers-who wore black-bordered black epaulets including some
with signal .`.nsignia0 About 20 soldiers drilled in the barracks yard on
14 Septembe?, while 5 soldiers engaged in firing practice on 1h.
Illptember, i'ruck was identified at the installation. 50X 1-H U M
On 16 September, the Nachrichte'n Kaserne was occupied by about 500 troops who
wore blank-bordered black epaulets with signal insignia and an instruction -
course cf about 150 soldiers with each course lasting three seeks. Trucks
ere identified in traffic
..On 22 September, the concentration camp Weimar-Buchenwald quartered a
guard unit of about 60-men wh wore red-bordered black epaulets. No training
act'..vity was noticed. Trucks left the installation
tinx1 _ui inn
4?,. On 22 Septembers the Flak Kaserne was occupied by about 60 soldiers who wore
r,:d--bordered black epaulets. All sheds and halls were closed, The quarters
appeared to have been vacaneo Truck F____-] drove to the installation. 50X1-HUM
bordered black epaulets and, some, black-bordered crimson epaulets. About
In soldiers were seen at callisthenics on 20 September Driving school trucks
50 sn. 22 Septemmber, the eastern section of the Tannenberg Kaserne quartered
about 250 troops most'of whom wore black-bordered black epaulets and red
drove out of the 50X1-HUM
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6,, On 20 September, troops including 80 ' soldiers with r ed-borde:.ned- black
epaulets conducted an exercise in the training area behind the western
section of the Tannenberg Kaserne, An about 8 meter high observation tower
overlooking the entire training area was erected off the quarters, south of
the Ettersberg training area, 5
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7~ On.22 September, the eastern section of the bu.etzeridorf Kaserno quartered
about 300 troops who wore red-bordered black epaulets, most of them with
artillery insignia. Intensive ? ctivity, although no training -activity,
was observed at the installation on 20 September, About 150 troops assembled
in front of a barracks building. 3
On 22 September, the riddle section of the Luetzendorf Kaserne quartered
about 400 troops who wore black bordered black epaulets and about 100 soldiers
who wore red-bordered black epaulets, 6
On 28 August, a.train of 9 flatcars with sideracks and 4 boxcars carrying
about 80 soldiers with red-bordered black epaulets and. about 25 trucks 50X1-HUM
was loaded at the Weimar railroad station, 6 On 31
August, intensive activity of troops, apparently recruits,, was observed at
the installation. The soldiers prepared the quarters. The middle section of
the installation quartered an estimated 550 men on 31 August, l~. On 8
September, about 300 troops wearing,black-bordered black epaulets signal
equipment, trucks, and 6 radio trucks, from the middle section of the 50X1-HUM
luetzendorf Kasernr- were loaded onto 20 boxcars and 40 flatcars with sideracks
for shipment toward Erfurt, Motor vehicles
were identified, b On 20 September. there was intensive
activity .n a_ quarters. An undetermined number of soldiers engaged in 50X1-HUM
fatigue duty and 40 other soldiers with red-bordered black epaulets left
the installation toward Fttersber equipped with practice targets and 50X1-HUM
rifles. Trucks were identified in traffic to and from
the installation,
90 On 22 Septemiber, the Nachrichten Kaserne was occupied by about 300 troops
who wore black-bordered black epaulets. On 19 September, about, 20,soldiers
did maintenance work on motor vehicles while 8 other soldiers :rewound cables,
Motor vehicles were identified,, 1 50X1-HUM
10, On 16 September, a small biplane landed at Nohre airfield, Sixty soldiers
were seen marching past the former Erziehungsheim toward a depot consisting
of low, temporary wooden buildings along the southern border of the airfield.
and Erfurter Strasse,
11, On 12 September, I an ammunition depot near Fliegerhorst
Nohra in the woods, surrounded by a twometer fence. A path led from the 50X1-HUM
entrance on the east side to the Obergrumeted.r`.-Nohra road. A patrol of 12
soldiers wearing red-bordered black epaulets seen along the fence. Sedans
left the depot. Two x 37 mm AA guns camouflaged by
brushwork were observed crest of the woods. 7 50X1-HUM
12, On 13 September, 16 soldiers restored telephone posts at the Belvedere
transformer station, '
p 3. On 9 September,, materiel including 2 trucks and 2 sedans which subsequently
drove toward the Luetzepdorf Kaserne were unloaded from a train at the 50X1-HUM
Weimar' railroad station. At about '5 p,:r,, 11 trucks F_ I 50X1
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were seen en route from the railroad station to the Luetzendorf Kaserne,
the trucks belonged to the sh: .Dment which had been 50X1-HUM
unloaded on the morning of that day. Motor vehicle
were identified--,
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14, On 29 August, the buetzendorf Kaserne was. about 60 percent occupied by
between 500 and 600 troops. Sentries observed wore red-bordered blaek
epaulets,, most of them with motor transport insignia and some with
signal insignia. 6
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15. On 29 Augusts the Tannenberg Kaserne was occupied'by 400 to 500 men and
about 4o percent lighted. The troops included about 60 percent with red-
bordered black epaulets with. artillery insignia, 20 percent with red-
bordered black epaulets with motor transport insignia and 20 percent
with red-bordered black epaulets. The installation also housed a personnel
processing office as small detachments 'were frequently seen entering and
leaving the installation..4
16. On 29 August, the Flak Kaserne was occupied by AAA units and'a headquarters.
an AAA unit in Nohra belonged to this unit. There 50X1-HUM
was a continuous exc nge of personnel between the two installations. The
Flak Kaserne was occupied by an estimated 750 to 800 men. on 29 August. 3
17. On 29 August, the Nachrichten Kaserne was occupied by about 200 troops.
Truck C-5-80-01 drove into the installation.
18. On 29 Auguste the Panzer Kaserne was occupied only by a guard unit of
20 to 30 men. The gates were closed.'No sentries were observed. I
19. On 29 August, the Polizei Kaserne was vacant. Trucks of the Volkspolizel
were parked at the installation. 8
20. On 29 August, the Fliegerhorst Nohra was occupied only by a rear detail
of the army headquarters. and an AAA unit. Eight 57-m AA guns were identifieQ
The AAA unit numbered 150 to 180 men. 7
21. On'29 August,`the Amtsgericht building was no longer occupied. 9
1. I LComment.
exercise in Mecklenburg from 26 August to .10 September.
to signal units of the Eighth Gds Army participated in the co nd-rost
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2. Comment, . It can be inferred from the observations that the 19th 50X1-HUM
ndep Gds Engrr Pn of the Eighth Gds Army was still in the Dessau-Akers 50X1-HUM
training area in late September. 50X1-HUM
The bulk of the division is stationed in the Flak Kaserne, while an AAA 50X1-HUM
regiment is also stationed in the eastern section of the buet.aendorf Kaserne,,
13th AAA Div returned from W:ustrow after 12 September.
a least three shipments with AAA units of the
Comment. The processing center of the Eighth Gds Army Is stationed 50X1 -HUM
in the eastern section of the Tannenberg Kaserne. Other repor?Its indicated
that shipments with recruits arrived in Weimar between 1 and 14 September
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5 Co~nmf;nt o Previous information led to the conclusion that the northwestern
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on.os? the. Tannenberg Kaserne and the western section of the Iiuet?zendorf
Kaserni adjoining to the north were occupied by the 65th Gds Necz Regt and
the 581st Mort Regt of the 20th Gds MMMecz Dive which had to be assuir_.e50X1-HUM
stationed in Camp Crawinkel near Ohrdruf still in late September a
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E 6 Jomrtent A signal comrunication unit. pr?esur.1ably of the army, ls
s a Toned in the middle section of the Luetaendorf Kaserane0 The loadings
and irloadings observed on"28 August and 8 and 9 September respectively are
believed to have been connected" with the corunanda-post, exercise, See Field
Cornmen? 1 and compare also motor vehicle in paragraphs 8 anc50X1-HUM
7 Comment 0 Paragraph 20 confirms the assumption that the Headquarters
the unit was observed on 26 August ' .
of LL e army was also involved in the conrr acid ost exerci se.. The leading of
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Police since 1950 F.
Comment < The barracks installation has been occupied by Regular
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9. Comment. The Amtsgericht buildings has been vacated by. the
bov. e s in 1952.
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