ARMY AND AIR FORCE UNITS AT WILDPARK-WEST (POTSDAM)

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2008
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: January 27, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. Army and Air Force Unite at Wildpark..ripest (Potsdam)
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2. Rail Shipments Observ d._ t ' i id ark Railrod. Station
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January 1955
Wildpark-,Vest Kaserne
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Between 1 December 1954 and 3 January 1955, it was not possible to
obtain definite information on the occupation of the barracks 25X1
installation some bui2dir:gs of which had new numbers in addition
to those numbers used during the former German occupation. Fupthermore,
it appeared that individual buildings were occupied by army and air
force troops. The housing area was subdivided by fences. Sma l scale
repair was being done in some buildings. Old barracks which had
previously been vacant were being made ready for Soviet dependents
and numarried male and female civilians. New barracks were planned
to be built for the same purpose. The following information is available
on the individual units ;uartered in the barracks installation:
a. Army Signal Unit
Chief of the unit was Lieutenant Colonel Zevakin (fnu) and the
headquarters supply officer was Major Tarareyev (fnu) (phonetic
spelling). The unit apparently furnished the sentries for the
main gate. The strength of the unit and the individual buildings
occupied by the unit could not be determined.
b. Army Signal Unit
This unit numbered 80 to 90 men. It was serviced by the Kech Hr,
in Werder, with Senior Lieutenant Atamanov (fnu) as chief. The
unit did not permit German craftsmen to enter its quarters and
whenever possible took care of its own construction and repair
work. Captain (?) Borovik (fnu) belonged to the unit.
c. Motor Vehicle Repair Unit of the Army(?)
The presence of this unit became known when its supply officer M^jor
Osetsev (fnu) (phonetic spelling) appeared in a garage of the unit
?nd asked questions in con:ection with a broken water pipe. A
construction superintendent st ted that the unit -=gas charged with
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repair work on motor vehicles.
d. Air Force Unit
No definite information wfts sYailable on the strength and unit
commander, nor was it known which buildings were occupied by the
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e. Air Force Unit
T'-is unit had moved into the barracks installation by mid-
December 1954 alegedly coming from Leipzig. Chief of the unit
was Lieutenant Colonel Strativnov (fnu) who was superior to
Major Galkin (fnu) (officer in charge of a company ?) and
Captain Gobulev (fnu) (officer in charge of a 'company ?). The
strength and quarters of the unit were not yet known. It was
planned that the unit would move into buildings which had been
vacated by a trensferred army signal unit under the command of
Colonel Krutous (fnu). It was determined tha+ Unit Strativnov
ha* until now occupied only one of these buildings.
2. Shipments Observed at Wildpark Railroad Station
1 December. The following railroad cars bound for Wiederitzsch near
Leipzig were loaded at Wildpark railroad station: 14 boxcars with
billeting equipment, 23 boxcars with troops, 4 flatcars with equipment,
6 trucks and 1 motorcycle. The EM wore blue-bordered black ep_ulets
and some had engineer insignia. The train departed at 2120. The following
i:,formr tion was obtained from fellow workers: During the loading
operations at the railroad station on 1 December, a message arrived
that a train from Wiederitzsch was to arrive at ;'Pildpark railroad
st tion and -vould be unloaded there. The officer in charge of the
loading operations would ..ot permit more then one shipment to be
unloaded simultaneously The announced train from Wiederitzsch finally
arrived at about 2100 on t$ December. The officer escorting the train
would not permit unloading operations to begin during the niht because
of the women and chldren on the train. Therefore, the train was shunted
onto a side track. Individual soldiers with the shipment were seen in the
area of the railroad station during the night and wore blue maul is
with air force insignia.
2 December. The afore-mentioned train was still on thr side track at
0615 It was unloaded during the course of the day. The detrained personnel
allegedly included air force soldiers and dependents of officers.
Billeting equinment and machines and tools required for road construction
were also unloaded.
4 December. According to fellow workers, another shipment from
Wiederitzsch, similar to the one observed on 1 December, arrived at
Wildpark railroad station. The shipment allegedly carried an air force
unit and was detrained on the next day.
24 December. Fellow workers stated that the following shipment from
Horka arrived at Wildpark railroad station at about 0400 and -.,as
unloaded at 1600:
20 flatcars with snow plows, rollers and tractors,
6 boxcars with billeting
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4 trucks
1 tank truck
1 repair-shop truck
with an escorting detil
28 December. The following shipment from Tutow arrived at
"i.ldpark railroad station at 0130:
e flatcars with sideracks loaded with construction equipment,
8 tractors,
9 truck tr- ilers,
2 boxcars w -,ith equipment,
2 boxcars with air force soldiers
1 tank tru
trucks,
1 January 1955. At 0815, a train of 43 flatcars with billeting
equipment. construction implements, about 12 caterpillar tractors,
20 trucks, 4 boxcars with air force soldiers and 5 boxcars with
equipment arrived at Wildpark railroad station, coming from Gross
Doetin Templin. The shipment proceeded toward Wildpark-West.
_]a train of 20 boxcars, 22 flatcars
loaded with 590 tons from Orenienburg moved to Wildpark on 8 December.
4. At about 0800 on 11 December, a train of 20 boxcars with air force
soldiers and 18 flatcars loaded with airfield rollers, gasoline
drums, cranes, generators, tractors, tools and a large number of
crates from Frankfurt/Oder arrived at Wildpark railroad station and
was unloaded there,
5. On 27 December, a train of about 2 gondola cars, 2 boxcars and
27 flatcars proceeded from Demmin to Nildpark.
6. On lJanuary, a train of 43 flatcars with equipment, about 20 trucks
and 1C caterpillar tractors and about 9 boxcars passed through
Satzkorn railroad station en route to Wildpark.
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omment. No definite details are available on the occupation of
e arracks installation in Wildpark-West. It is believed, however,
that an army signal unit of the GSFG (paragraph la of the present
report) was quartered there until the end of November 1954 and then
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trans
erred to the Hindenburg Kaserne in Leipzig on 1. December 1954.
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unit, was or is still quarters 25X1
in Wi par - es is believed that this unit is assigned to the two
radar stations which are assumed to be located in the Werder area This
assumption is supported by the information that the unit is serviced by
the air force Kech office in Werder, under the command of Senior
Lieutenant Atamanov. The third unit, mentioned in paragraph lc of the
present report, has not been identified. It is dombted whether it is
a motor vel-icle repair unit. The air force unit mentioned in paragraph ld
of the preaftt report has not been identified. The air force construction
unit from the Hindenburg Kaserne in Leipzig transferred to Wildpark-West
between 1 and 4 December 1954? The follo
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air force construction units also transferred to Wildpark-West:
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unit from Urc.ienburg ow 8 December 1954,
1 unit from outside the Soviet Zone of Germany on 11 December,
1 unit from Rothenburg on 24 Decemb"
1 unit from Parchim on 24 December,
1 unit from Gross Doelln on 1 January 1955.
The purrose of the concentration of air force construction units has
not been determined. It is possible that the concentration was effected
for organizational reasons or, in connection with the arrival of a
unit from outside the Soviet Zone of Germargy for the execution of
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unknown construction projects for the HG Twenty-Fourth Air Army. hor
two sketches of the barracks installation at Wildpark-West, see
Annexes 1 and 2.
9anex ,~ Skgte4,oArlti*a Soviet ,mi1itarv(ipsts ati
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In Wilduark ,
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Annex 2: Sketd of W1 p 4
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Annex 1
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Wildpark-West Neer Potsdam
Legend:
1 Barracks installation at Wildpark lJest
Ammunition dump
3 Military freight railroad station
4 Fuel dump
5 Command posts for training purposes with bunkers
6 Target ranges
7 Gun emplacements for training purposes
8 Parking lot for motor vehicles of driving school
9 Central Telephone Exchange
10 Game keeper's office (Wildmeisterei)
11 Game keeper's post (Wildwaerterei)
12 Bavarian house
13 Northern gate
14 Southern gate
A Grosser Entenfaenger Mountain
B Kleiner Entenfaenger Mountain
C Keller Mountain
D Schaeferei Mountain
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Annex 2
Wi]dpark-West
Legend:
1 Buildings formerly housing offices
2 Billets
3 Officers' club
4 Kitchens
5 Dispensary
6 Temporary buildings
7 Villas
8 Guardhouse
9 rormerly occuried by German Air Force headquarters
10 Central Telephone Exchange
11 Gymnasium
12 Garages
13 Observation tower
14 Land4!.ng field
15 Athletic field
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