GLIWICE (GLEIWITZ) WORKS FOR TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT

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• Publication Date: April 4, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INRA'"tON 8PORT
Gliw.ee (Gletwitx) Works for Technical
Equipment 4W F
THIS DOCU gGNT CORM " II.FOCUATIOH AF7L?CTIN0 THE NATIONAL DEFSfl5E
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN NHS 72AHING OF TITLE 19. SECTIONS 703
AND 794. OF THE U. S. C0D7. AS AD 81100. ITS T@ANS9119 OS NEFEL?
ATOM OF ITS CONTENTS TO'4i'4 $.~HIE D PSASCr4
Cp"OF Tests FORD %PROHI DTTED.
IS PIIOHISITID ST LAW. Till
REPORT
co No.
DATE DISTR.
4 April 1955
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4 THIS IS i4NE7ALl 11ED INFORM,A,TiON
S11araaw, b-at direct control hies:3 erexcised by ht I.%.irE:.. ;o?':, '.,'. . _ this .ry
in Glei,#ivz. Lire-tor enur?aj_ of tiles
one iii&.p.~;z..ylti {'.nl / t Ie~-t:l ';c1 I.iire;~tor wac; o ie :Siekie .i z 1tnu\ ''il ;t0
I e .e l nets vie:ce ''he GerL!an,, brothers nai a-i Lanr;ner f_fn!..) . :u
tLe m '. ne ~'y of. p F.vnts A anL .S YSc.4 by th'-' Sovie Gs dis_la Li: ?-I-d ,
-'urr.iar_ed new machinery and planned to en'I.ar'ge plant B of the fta.c: !,ozy ?
irku pn ~) at ti...ei-ijt::; of ^ne i+?? :T...?.. }~?1'._ .nu and . he former Kt A001b* -.k
P.tant B ._ Plant L was lc^&ted in 'ibsouth(:aSt,EZ'n SAMG. c:. o i ._,.J1 t
itcovere-'a a :'i e -f aJoL):i 1,I?. O melo'n'. P ia'L 3.W w" soaLh~:es . rr. por'%_110r, Of the PetersCor aces". di:.3trict, Li1::'4ic.'i .. ,
norther _)f the rai,l.road line to 1,eiskrets: haT_a
150 mete::,: west of the former Toster-St a!itse.; Plant 3 covet a of
about 150 x 80 m tern, The two pl2r.ts hei . ;J . Y_-r
E.tations u'f t leir own,. Electric racier was ftlr(1:.Siied Dy %iie an).;:.1'_ power
~,atiori
2 The _rs'.,_ ,l :tion was pubol'air.are to the : ' _ .. e:xc> r
11 c Lila LC~.f,.l':~zko :n .i1ci _c;s'f d`~iivere iron 8:, 0 . ., u. ??
1C'::~ i t )n p1ato 3 7. ?r eIne.IIe1' :31.ze 1z0 e a I S 0 crivere d t:C l'. 1.j o1
'Yon. an``-c!-.- r cn, U-?sei:t_Lc r'. , T-.Ee.^1ti.ons. dou.Lle
se' i..or.s, Lie`czric motors were delivered from 'argaw an.
sesies su.:h as starters, resistors, r,.nd s: itchbo,trd.;,
reo ha cables, 35 mm in ^l. ? met?ex from d o; cz
irculatovs of all types from Siemianovice rear Tato:~*i.;e..
motors and sizeable quanti `,.ies of iron plates, sectional i:rl r
matE 'ia. ;u.' the ,trees meati.ine'L above in ad.di' iori iG
cables of various thicknesses :per a permanentl,;- a tore i at i:':
4 The fa^;, ,y rnain?y produce:_ ::.canes of all typ-Ls ?p ) a
of 40 'tons. On the averages sever,. cranes rrere rianufactu-rer. pE
Travelling cranes; cable w7.:1c'1os, machines required for tt;.F
of match boxes, sand dredger and three types of marine pur,p were
assembled at the enterprise,
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5., n to ?prfi.. of 1954, work was done or, an order for four sand d?-:d ers
C' ~?,;..,>:n: ueci'. The sand dredgers were to be delivered to Szcza
.I:ova (~ 51/Y 'T6);
had si.x tracks, were 12 meters high, and had a total weight
of 70J ::: s ch By July 195:1., a total of 350 field bakeries were to be
deli v,~rrd to `~hr., Polish A m; 250 fief&'kitchenc had been delivered to
the rel'_;;h Airy previouslyc,
b, ~.tcs"c of ci i'-erg- manufactured at the installation was shipped by rail..
rucks c ;;iz^ factory were .not allowed to operate outside a perimeter of
2manufactured at the plant were delivered to
n o in mines. The marine pumps assembled at Gleiwitz
r~ `o Janzi., and the equipment ordered by the Polish Army was
7., ?la .. ... 3' -ire:-., part 1)T sax-rounded by a 2, 5-meter brick wall and
oaxtl;? ' ! :r1:cd wire fence of the same height. The factory was guarded
by rclice. It was controlled by a military co.nniseion which
de _....A7:.: w i; rid whoa excessive materials were stored at the fL.cto1.; , nc?,
this _csicr ra uisition e:d Iron plates, and another time, - -t?- c':e "'3 and
3sub? r.11t;hou h tre management of the enterprise cc,21d prove
tha' t;,:'.:: material was needed for the fulfilment of an order. k7naa, 7
of 12 n-a7!':s belon-;?in;; to the factory :jere confiscated, the rsilit::Iry conmis3ion
ins;::: to the enterprise cnce year.
:-,?c'nt, ! and Plat Bare not the official designations for 25X1
-ct.Yans of -the Gliwick:,e Zaciady Urzadzen Technioznych.
Only cranes up to a lifting capacity of 40 tons are manufactured 25X1
Ii avis;.r. cranes are manufactured at a factory at Swietochlowice
.n l pendent of the G' eiwitz enterprise.
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CLASSII-ICAIIUN C-0-11-F-I-D-E, -N-T-I-A-L
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Gliwice (Gleiwitz) Works for Technical
Equipment
PLACE
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DATE OF
INFO.
TH15 DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE IB, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U. S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL-
ATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
IS PROHIBITED BY LAW THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
DATE DISTR. 4 April 1955
NO. OF PAGES 2
NO. OF ENCLS.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
1. __ Sim WNs INGISM (Si.twi t s NeOw for T teal
Equipment) at Gleiwitz consisted of the former "Alte Gleiwtt i A'uette"
(Plartd. All and the former Kesselwerk Mayer (boi]a plant) which is called
Plant B. Plant A was located in the southeastern portion of Gleiwitz,
between the Klodnitz-(Klodnica) Strasse and the for met Kalides-Strasse.
It covered a site of about 250 x 250 meters. Plant B was located in the
southwestern portion of the Petersdorf town district, immediately
northeast of the railroad line to Peiskretscham (Pyskowice) and about
150 meters west of the former Tooter-Strasse. Plant B covered a site of
about 150 x 80 meters. The two plants had railroad connection but no power
stations of their own. Electric power was furnished by the municipal power
station.
2. The installation was subordinate to the Ministry for Heavy Industry in
Warsaw, but direct control was exercised by the Directorate of Heavy Industry
at 8 Bahnhof-Strasse in Gleiwitz. Director general of the enterprise was
one Knapczyk (fnu), technical director was one Siekiewicz (fnu). The two
chief designers were the German brothers named Langner (fnu). In 1945
the machinery of plants A and B was by the Soviets dismantled. The Poles
furnished new machinery and planned to enlarge plant B of the factory.
3. The Huta Kosgiuszkd in Chorzow delivere+ron plates 20 x 8 meters and 10 mm
thick; iron plates in smaller sizes were also delivered in addition to flat
iron, angular iron, U-section, T-sections, double T-sections and rolled
sections. Electric motors were delivered from Warsaw and Bielsko; electric
accessories such as starters, resistors, and switchboards from Poznan;
threephase cables, 35 mm in diameter, from Bydgoszcz and Krakow; and
insulators of all types from Siemianowice near Katowice. About 300 electric
motors and sizeable quantities of iron plates, sectional iron and rolled
material of the t',-pes mentioned a'uove in addition to 3,000 meters of
cables of various thicknesses were permanently stored at the enterprise.
The factory mainly produced cranes of all types tup to a lifting capacity
of 40 tons. On the average, seven cranes were manufactured per month.
Travelling cranes, cable winches, machines required for the manufacture
of mw VIGNO89 111111110 am am" Imm or rr POWs wsr
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In ti-e spring of 1954, work was done on an order for four sand dredgers
of German design. The sand dredgers were to be delivered to Szczakowa (Q 51/Y '76).
Theseldredgers had six tracks, were 12 meters high, and had a total weight
of 700 tons each. By July 1954, a total of 350 field bakeries were to be
delivered to the Polish Army; 250 field kitchens had been delivered to
the Polish Army previously.
Most of the machinery manufactured at the installation was shipped by rail.
Trucks of the factory were not allowed to operate outside a perimeter of
200 km. Cable winches manufactured at the plant were delivered to
Hindenburg for use in mines. The marine pumps assembled at Gleiwitz
were shipped to Danzig and the equipment ordered by the Polish Army was
dispatched to Warsaw.
7. Plants A and B were partly surrounded by a 2.5-meter brick wall and
partly by a barbed wire fence of the same height. The factory was guarded
by factory police. It was controlled by a military commission which
determined if and when excessive materials were stored at the factory. Once,
this commission requisitioned iron plates, and another time T-girders and
double T-girders, although the management of the enterprise could prove
that this material was ne-eded for the fulfilment of an order. Once, 7
of 12 trucks belonging to the factory were confiscated. The military commission
inspected the enterprise once year.
Comment. Plant A and Plant B are not the official adesignations for 25X1
the two sections of the (Iliwickie Zaklady Urzadzen Technicznych.
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Comment. Only cranes up to a lifting capacity of 40 tons are manufactured 25X1
at Gleiwitzo Heavier cranes are manufactured at a factory at Swietochlowice
.bitwhich is ind pendent of the Gleiwitz enterprise.
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