CENTRAL SUPPLY DEPOT OF THE KVP IN PROSSEN

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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• Publication Date: January 25, 1954
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1, The cen tiraI"s1:pp1y depot n+,, Prossen,
a. former German supply depot which measured about 1,000 x SC meters was locat--25X1
Nd about 90 meters' from the Elbe Liver bank, about 1 an west of Bad Sehandau, 1C(,
meters scuth of the Frossen--Bad Schandau road, north' of the Breeden-Bad Schandau
railroad ll'ie. Two single-track spur tracks led to the individual warehouses in
the installation. The two min tracks ran to the shunting station which was locat-
ed about I kilometer north of the installation and which maintained the connection
to the Bad Sch&ndau-Dresden railroad line via Rathmannsdorf. Warehouses 11, 12 and
13 as well as the quarters were heated by a central system.
2. The depot area was surrounded by a board fence and guarded from forr watch towers
minting %earchlihts, telephone sets and alarm devices, which were occupied around
he clock by a_permolnent guard detail of I officer, 20 NCCu and a 25X1
about 66 officers, 26 NOOs and 99 Eh. and about 25C civilian workers. Captain hauff
(fnu) was depot comrandazrt and Major Walter (fnu) .s`deputy. The motor pool
of the depot included S Diesel trucks, 2 D W sedans, lambulance, 1 ` van like hick,
I B1 1W heavy=rnotojcle, I Diesel locomotive for shunting operations, _S electric
carts, B radio trucks and 4 repair shop trucks.
3. All KVP and `,P offices were to be served by the depot-'at Frossen. KV offices
among those supplied by the depot included Loebau, Berlin, rrora, Dresden, Cottbus
and Egges .n. Siippl3 was dispatched by rail or picked up directly by truck by
the trop e.
4.
Another branch depot of the central supply depot was located in a school at Koenig-
stein Fortress. It stored about 3C,000 rain coats and an undetermined number of
old blue iuziforms since duly 1953.
The following articles of supply were stored in the Frosaen central supply depot:
Section. l building No 13:
Fourth underground floor; unusable because of subsoil water
Third underground fluor: shoemaker ; s material and equipment including about 100 tons
of rubber bales and about 90 tons of material for rain
coats
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Second underground floor: ccnpleted leather articles including about 1c "MC pair
of officer boots and 15,CCC pair of t boots, 15,CCC? pair
of buckle shoes, l,00C pair of ladies' slaves, 2C,CCC pair
of half-boots, 23,5CC pair of sporting shoes, 2C ,CCL belts
aril map pouches
First underground floor: soling machines and pasting r.:aehine for shop.~aike ?'s shop,
(with central grinding devices, 1*00D canteen covers, r,CCC field
heating system) bags and 1,CCO rucksacks;
Ground floor: Loading place;
about 10,CCC khaki winter uniforms for office 6, 2C,(.C.C
khaki winter uniforms for Lt:, 3CC khaki eu .,ner uriforns
for officers, IC,,C(IO khaki sur.mer uniforms for .rd
3.,500 blue uniforms for the VYS0 1,CCC fatigue taxtforns
for L4', 20,00C- khaki coate for Ll!, I , 5Ct r,3ue c?~ats for
the YPS, 4,CGC pair of epaulets including 5C(- rod-borderr.d
khaki epaulets for the infantry, 5C(' khaki epatAets fez.
the artillery, 5QC dark--blue and ':lack-bordcred khaki
epaulets for the tank troops, 5C:C yellow and blank-borae:-
ed khaki epaulets for the signal troops, CO 4green-border-
ed khaki epaulets for the Dry, 5CC dark- r :-ien-bordered
khaki epsulets for the supply, troops., 5CC lig t blue bor-
dered khaki epaulets for the VI L and 5CC' Mack-bordered
-khaki epaulets for motor transport troops, 'uniform buttons.
stars for epaulets and collar patches, and silver gulls
for the flying personnel of the M.,
about 1C,C.CC woolen blankets, 3C,COC bed sheets, 40,000
towels and 8C .CCC drawers;
70,C0C suaier shirts, 50,COC winger shirts, 8(,CCQ sport
rsh..irtr,, 6 0,CCC green sport shorts, 5C,:GO sets
of sport suits consisting of colored shirts. trousers
avid lei, and 5Q0(C woolen olankets;
ladies' dresses, underwear and about 185 bales of blue
cloth for the VYS and white linen and 175 'bales rff cloth
for f'laae;
defective uniforms, underwear, blankets and about 2CfM-'C
visor caps;
Sec:tiort,l bull ing 14 propaganda material, such as pictures of I'ieck and Marx,
about 150 bales of saccc: f oth and 1,C-(,'C new .Idol i shin ~Fs %
Sst tior la ,,,au l x Q~ about 5C-,O00 old, blue VP uniforms and 200,00) old, blue
cover goats;
ion ~ eb ~ a z about 50,000 pair of old shoes and boots,oU, heavily
soiled blue VP uniforms, cvcrroats, khaki v*:irtt: and
f a ti ue uniform, s;
:gluon
Fourth underground floor: unusable because of subsc-E, water x
Third underground floor: about 1CC to 120 field kitchens, apparently n(ev, with--
out limbers and fitted with pneumatic tires, ;jimi.lar
thrisre of the former Gar-ran Arry-,
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Second urndergzo'u d floor:r about. 5) fi-? L! kitchens of the type mont-,--icned ebcre,
F^ ors--a .e, >,ne aatic--tired trafl sg_, etc: with a
;.0 -41 ter water tank for field bakeries, aid 60 accu u-
1ator i, ror 3' esel-dri.v' n bake-r, ies
Ground f1aorI . loading r;
Second floor: *bout 60 wardrobes for officers, each L20 c a w de,
1 , wardrobes for E V., and 100 safes;
Two room of the second floor werg -teed sts ba kfaat
room for civil-ism workers;
12 offices of the central supply dew`-, cluubaom,
crdnatiae: raw, and a rom with atbleU. uq ip t, such
as bmdng equipment, footballs and han?be.l.s;
'c: xx? floor: 10 dormitories with about, 8,CCO .sasarabled. metal double?
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Ioi..rth underground Boor:
T ird under uxd floor.
ict:eau -underground floor:
First uz erg?o i floor:
-decker bunks a n d 2,000 wooden ni ti. _eee t
15,00C three eeti.onal +.attrassee;
about 5,CCC three-sections). mattr.eqsee a.4 100 are chairs;
old a itvre from various offices;
about 3r -,OM woolen blankets;
uzrusahle base of subsoil water;
about 4C now field kitchens without 11xbrs and pro-
vided with pneumatic tires and bakery a qt ipaent;
crockery and about 2,0X00 canteensi
aaou, 150 electric tipping pans, 1C0 other pans for gas
h * t a, 80 large boiler3 and number 25X1
of other pots ;
Urdu floor: em-tit '7C electric cooking machines and other cooking
m .chi-aces for gas ,earths;
about 3.50 bath tubs and bathroara stoves, 300 bread
and sausage cutting machines, 120 potato. pealing
nch nee, 60 dishwashing machines and 40C large zinc
tabs
Third and fourth floor: about 1,50C tarpaulins and 4,500 tents, each f it 3G to
Fifth floor;
6C man;
&fice material including about 80 typewriters ai4 8C
ea:!.ect_ is counting machines, curd boxes and book ate-'l' as,
e-Lectri c bulbs and installation material;
Sixth floor: about 1.000 coffee kettles and 800 water cans;
About IOC now, pneu tic-hired field bakeries covered by tarpaulins and about 30
x,ew field kitchens without lies and pneMatic tires stood at the depot. A sketch
of the installation was Made, ;SOO annex ,)
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a wea-vn, taterial and clothin? : eict for the ?CV bed
been estab]isbed in Trossen rear Fed ,:;oberdau The derot was roved with a 1I;'4Ir
t.racx leaning to the I irna-Bad ,cba :aw railroad line. In Sept :f.,er ? 3, a
field kitchen was ryispatched frcai the cievct fcr shi er t tc }ierJ;.n;--adcrf . The
supply installation war. tc nerve all RVII Fasts in :. art :errany_
4 en The central S' I derot, a I:e of Class 11, of the Ki+1' In .grosser:
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I Two p meat ttm,se--story officers' billets, each 40 x 20 tare
2 Wft e t arece w.tb aeatr e?
3 P 1t bu1adiag, SC x 30 meters, including a kitri^.en with mea ahai .,
ss d4 't : `fices occupied by about 15 officer
4 Wac4u t s?axy building, So x 30 meters,, with gtsrv office and quarte
of `d p. '
5 Permanent garage, 30 z 30 meers, with 12 entracee
6 Pernaaaeat building, 60 x 30 meters, in Section 2a
7 Low, t rer r brick. ! uilyd, , 50 x 20 meters, in Section 2a
7a Per. neat garage, 40 x W. meters
8 Permz r..t Sal e, 40 x 2C meters, with truck: of the fire brigade
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detn-ntion roam
9 Shed for Diesel loocoti'e
10 Dog kennel for 12 dogs and kitchen for dogs' food
11 Section 3, ant ware ho-Live, 80 x 30 meters, with four stories under.
and 6 stories above ground and 3 elevators, each w th a carrying
(City of 25 persons, and cerrtra1 heating installation
12 Section 2, warehouse as described under 11
13 Section 1, warehouse am caescribed under ll.
14 P t house, 60 x 30 meters 15 P ant hrvee, 60 x 30 meters ) Section is.
16 Permanent house, 60 x 30 rasters )
1'1 Former landing stage, with the cranes having been disammntled in 1945
18 Service station with two hand ps
19 Wooden ammition box, 2 ;; x I meters
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