KVP SCHOOLS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006300590002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 3, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2008/06/17: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006300590002-9
COUNTRY-
TOPIC
1. Officer candidate schools 1-.nown on 5 February 1955 included the i.afartry 25X1
officer candidato school in Doebeln, the artillery officer candidate school
in Torgau, the artillery officer candidate school in Dresden, the tan"-
engineer officer candidate school in Dort, the artillery enCincer officer
candidate school in Erfurt, the supply officer candidate school in :Irfurt, 25X1
the signal officer candidate school in Dessau, the tank and SP officer
candidate school in Groscenhain, the AA:i officer candidate school in Oranieri-
burg, the radio officer candidate school in i'irna, the motor transport
officer candidate school in Potsdam, the athletic school in Potsdar, the
interpreters' school in ;7eicar, the surgoone' school in Loipzi-;, and the
medical officer candidate school in Leipzig. 1
EVALUATION
DATE OF CON
-PLACE OBTALNEL
3 1955
25X1
25X1
REFERENCES
_25X1
PAGES 2 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
REMARKS 25X1
CLASSIFICATION
::ast Gorriany
REPORT
A rocruitin?; carpai, which ainod at the recruiting of officer candidates
for these schools was in prowess. Applicants wore not supposed to have
relatives of first do coe in ';.estern Germany. All applicants were to be
individually screened by a cornittoe of the Linietry of the Interior in
April 1955 and wore to be inductod bottieen 1 and 6 AuCust 1955. The training
courses were schedulod to last three years and be finished with a so--called
Government examination which was to entail a pledge for a terra of not lees
than 10 years service as a I:`V'P officer.
iL.ducod to roGard the activity as a KVP officer as a prof ea:.ion. Gross
payment for the trainees was 330.- era,ctmarks during the first year, 370.-
eastnnrke during the second year, and 4x00.- oactnarlce during the third year.
officers detached to training courses i.n the Salt 25X1
wore to be instructed mainly in defence aC inst atomic weapons. The schools
at which they waro trained wore allegodly loc .tod in Iloscow.
4. On 10 Januczy 1955, i:ajor ":roll (fnu) tae the oliticrl officer of :vr 25X1
School I.'aumburg. 1
3.
5. On 3 January 1955, the Steigerwald Y.aserne in Orfurt quartered tho IIId and IVth.
ZVP units.'Soldiers entering or leaving the installation wore black-bordered
medium-blue and jicht-red-bordered black collar patches and epaulets with
the letter "A".
S-E-C-R-E-T)
Approved For Release 2008/06/17: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006300590002-9
 Approved For Release 2008/06/17: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006300590002-9
6. On 22 January 1955, Oranienburg Castle still quartsrod an ec'.inated
400 to 500 men. The soldiers wore red-boriorod black cep? leap ppatelhec
and epaulets with a silver letter "A". At about 'noon on 18 January 1955,
an undetermined number of soldiers received training with '.2 x 37-mm
AA guns and basic drill in the area of the installation. 3
7? In the fall of 1954, Colonel Lewerenz was co*_mandor of the artillery
officer candidate school in Oranienburg Castle. There were tlreo
training courses each of which lasted a year. The officer candidates
attended the school for three years. 3
8. At 1000 on 21 January 1955, 80 officer candidates very ob: ervod at formal
drill and training with rifles in the area of the Leibgards-::usaren
aaerne in Potsdam. On 31 January 1955, 36 trucks, each of wLicu was
occupied by 18 officer candidates who carried rifles, left tie installation
and went toward Nodlitz. On this day, the installation was apparently
occupied only slightly even after nightfall. At 0900 on 4 Fetr.;ry 3.955r
two platoons of officer candidates marched from they drill hall across the
street to their billets, while two other platoons marched from the billets
to the hall. 4
9.
the officer candidates fxon
T,ne nusaron aserne had had to-actas platoon loaders durint the exorcises
in Klietz which came to a close on 4 February 1955. 4
goommont. Except for the signal school in Dossau all officer candidate
schools mentioned in the present report are :mown. Since the report fails
to mention the signal school in Halle this school has possibly moved,
or will possibly move, to Dessau. by early August 1955. The r sport also
fails to mention the infantry officer candidate school in I;aaribrurg which
has been confirmed until January 1955, (see paragraph 4), the infantry
officer candidate school in Erfurt and the engineer officer candidate
school in Dessau.
2.I Comment. The service colors observed indicate that the installation
quarters the tank `engineer officer candidate school - presumably Office
Erfurt IV - and the ordnance engineer officer candidate school ac reported
previously.
Comment. Oranienburg Castle is occupiod by the JU officer candidate
school.
Comment. The Leibgarde-Husarcn Kacorne quarters the motor trananort
4.
of ice, candidate school. The exercises which were acid at the Ferche'ls-
25X1
25X1
Approved For Release 2008/06/17: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006300590002-9