INFORMATION ON DIVISION PRENZLAU

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004400060001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 26, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 24, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT
REFERENCES-
PAGES 1
DATE PREPARED ....24 May 1954
1. On 17,Apr4 1954, souiae?learned-that .the } Ss qu Division comiseedOd is
following, units; Division Hq, headquarters vear?services, si 44m*ft lon
i1
t,100 troops; ist, Rifle-#kt in
and reconnsibsanbe betUlion,' totaling- ~ybol~~rt
Pinnav, niabering abaft 1,500` beop ;-2d Rifle Regt in Prensiat, vnaberieg.fbout
1,600 troops; 3d Rifle Regt is Dneerahdde, U U P abo41*400 tx ig t 1
ta]1l in Droeg e, totiiluig meet
artillery regiment, AT battalloz4Af,tat #
1,150 .troops; ad f the 112& Mgt Am Dr..gs ni , .niAnbsrifl about 500"tspet,,JUntil
28 April, thesestrength figures rema&ned fe ly constant. No infersdil areas
available on the strength of the engineer battalion-in llienfeibhlstaDuring the
period under r bw elesunts of the above- unite were absenttfrom their posts for
field. training: or that reason. the fight s.; given abova are'inocenpletiit f
2. Over Whitsuntide, Wp$eeett-of t h e pereonn w e r e t6 oon:furlough. Recruits
who ha4 beep, on furlough at teeter for the first time were to recruit new LVP
osndidatee Sa tbAiit"hiller toVn*' S tes,7ae rM xomiived as reward for
"
successful recruiting
Ratitrity a _a
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3: former Field Marshal ',%t*25X1
Paulus bas, .ell -edgy, been aveiviilor at,sibs
Dresden for times ` $? x tr.
sn 21 and' 29 Am'1 19Siy`aenraset. ~1r '"~'
4. He
a saw nea!!fy daT
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'tfi
L11Y'v"ilr; ii.i,;, 4ii6 .: ?.iegerl~iGi'St x8^uGIT16 PTOAi. ?nl t0 ti'"slatno-gs6ti~ds hear'.t}!e
send, and gravel pit and d-tto the "feine Eeide" Target range. Each company was
equipped with t 'es 13 t Srt'sa r aw-rf Fq~t~b nay, , ,, ? ? bin' guns and light
machine- guns. ~ .,~sy : - M q +Y
5. On 9 April, it tpptSd that the barraZ ins fa nd -? * bto1 &ili m was occupied
to capacity by EVP Heavy infantry and artillery was observed inside the
barracks area andZ wty. aeeca guns,vere ed in
fr2 .of the ordo ~e c...' lA .?
a' t ~.,~' r .,; why to t' , WW
6. On i9 Apz3I;`2Ecgifl~OMdall.arriva omit foiling
a. few days. before, were issued uniforms and adeigned to-the two engineers
battalii~;s. A te1jr a northern sector of the
milbtary ins dtiolss'in:laeofetOh~rye.+-..h1- eMreMei
7. Between 13 April and 2 M*, the-engineer units in-Fuenfeichen were-engaged in
demolition training and exercises on Tn'1.ennw-See (Tol).ense lake). Pontoons
crane usea for the welter exercises.
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