1. DOW 4 HEADQUARTERS IN WROCLAW (BRESLAU) 2. INFORMACJA UNIT AT DOW 4

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• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: August 20, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. DOW 4 Headquarters in Wroclaw (Breslau)
2. Informacja Unit at DOW 4
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1. - A th Polish Mili
(DOW 4) was located on th t A
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W o e o Lower
Silesia and part of Upper Silesia. The remainder of Upper Silesia was covered
by the Krakow (Q 51/Z 24) DOW. To the north, the area of DOW 4 extended as far
as the junction of the Ode the Neisse Rivers. DOW 4 was commanded by
General Straszewski (fnu). a offices of the general were in that section of
the building which was at the intersection of Prochnicka and Sztabowa streets.
The general's private apartment was at ul. OrZa 12 in Breslau.
Sections and units which belonged to the DOW 4 in accordance with the table
of organization included the tactical section under Lieutenant Colonel Gablinski
(fnu); the supply section whose staff included Captain Burak (fnu) and Captain
Lachur (fnu); one Soviet liaison party; the military court under Lieutenant
Colonel Otapa (fnu), who has been released in the meantime; the military building
administration; a guard unit; and a signal unit.
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e of ul. Adama Prochnicka in Breslau
(P 52/C 41). The installation was bounded by ul. Pretficza to the north and
ul. Sztabowa to the south. DOW 4 wad responsible for th -4- 1 f
3. The tactical section was loot of the wing on ul.Prochnicka.
The supply section was W the fourth and fifth floors above
the tactical section. The telepho a teletype office and other
technical communication installat tad in the rooms on the first
floor of the same wing. Offices, the guardroom of the guard detail and billets
for guards were located in the western section of the wing on Pretficza street.
The offices of the Soviet liaison party, which included six offioszs: and was
headed by a colonel, adjoined these rooms to the east. These officers wore
Polish as-well as Soviet uniforms, The officers' club including a bar, a movie
theater, a theater and conference rooms was located east of the Soviet offices,
from which it was partitioned by the passage for motor vehicles. Offices located
in the southern extension of the building included the military building
administration of DOW. The southernmost section of the building which bordered
on ul. Sztabowa housed the counterintelligence agency. The military courth, the
printing office, the military athletics administration, and an officers' meeting
room were also located on the north side of ul. Sztabowa, between the offices
of the DOW commander and the counterintelligence agency.
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on the sixth floor of the wing on ul. Prochnicka.
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Most of the officers assigned to DOW 4 wore khkki uniforms with red cap hands.
Officers wearing black cap bands were only occasionally observed. The officers
and their dependants lived in a residential area near the DOW headquarters
building. Their billets were isolated from civilian apartments. The staff of
DOW included a sizable number of attached officers whose billets were located
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in the easternmost se ^" t
of ul. Sztabowa. It
Source stated that
(Q 51/T 63), Lodz (Q 52/0 93), Poznan (P 53/X 26), Bydgoszcz
Bialystok (S 54/G 49), and Stettin (0 54/Q 55). Field agencies subordinate to
the Breslau J.W. Informacja included the Crossen (0 53/W 00) office in the
northern. portion of the Breslau district; the Teuplitz (0 52/A 96) agency which
was located in a former inn, about 200 meters from the railroad station; the
Goerlitz (0 52/B 00) agency which was located in the WOP (Border Guard) barracks
in the eastern sector of the city; the Lauban (0 52/B 20) agency which was about
150 meters from the barracks installation and was located near the weir on a
rivulet; the Hirschberg (0 51/G 68) agency which was located outside the city
near a cement works; and the Waldenburg (0 51/H 07) agency.
The Breslau agency included the following sections: -
Command Section under Soviet Colonel Dyanov (fnu), who was detailed to the Polish
Army and had been in Breslau since 1950. He previously was in charge of the
Lodz J.W. Informacja. Dyanov wore a Polish uniform and resided at 20 ui.
Rakkawicka. His son was a student in Leningrad. Dyanov's first deputy was Polish
Lieutenant Colonel Sinai (fnu), whose private apartment was at 168 ul. Prochnicka.
Polish Lieutenant Colonel Machowski (fnu), whose private apartment was located
on ui. Pokojowa, was his second deputy.
Personnel Section under Major Szewczyk (fnu), whose private apartment was located
at 16 ul. S owicza.
Political Section under Major Nita (fnu), whose private apartment was located
at 47 ul. Wrobia. This section was staffed by eight first-grade interrogation
officers and eight second-grade interrogation officers including Captain
Buczkiewicz (fnu),, and Captain Woida (fnu)', and clerks.
Prisoners' Section under Lieutenant Kurowski (fnu).
Supply Section under Captain Lewinski (fnu).
Ordnance Section under Captain Krol (fnu).
Finance Section which was staffed by one former navy officer and one Major
Rakowski (f nu .
The staff of the J.W. Informacja totalled over 50 officers. Officers' wives were
also employed as typists. All officers lived in first class apartments in
Breslau. The building No 45-47 ul. Pretficza quartered only officers of this
agency and their. depe Wor at the office frequently extended into the
late night, Food was lei lent. The neibers of the staff had the opportunity
of shopping in spec,stores.
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IL L E GIB reached the.. extension 269 of the military telephone
,pons other than email s were observed. Most of the prison
microphones stalled in the radiators. The intercepting was done by three
officers who worked in a special intercepting room. Modern tape recorders were
not yet available.
8. Illegal border crossers were interrogated at the J.W. Informacja. The agency
also handled members of the Polish Armed Forces who had deserted or had been
absent without leave. Individuals who had bee arrested for sabotage or political
offenses were also turned over to the agency. id not definitely know
whether the agency also engaged in intelligence ac vities abroad. The Breslau
J.W. Informacja cooperated with military offices and the DOW court in Breslau.
Through its subordinate field agencies it was in contact with border guard
troops. The agency also continuously contacted UB (Security Police) offices.
Cooperation between the J.W. Informacja field agencies and the WOP (Border Guard)
was very close. Individuals captured by WOP units were taken to the field
agencies which decided whether or not these people were to be forwarded to
Breslau. Numerous individuals who had been brought to trial after being inter-
rogated by the J.W. Informacja served their prison term in the Glatz (P 51/H 34)
prison,
2 5X1A 1. Commient. The DOW 4 (4th Military District) headquarters in the building
o ?,e former German Army Wehrkreiskommando VIII was mentioned in previous
reports. It is believed that the 4th MD covers an area extending to the north
as far as the junction of the Warthe River and the Oder River.
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