MILITARY ACTIVITY AT THE BERNAU POST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006900390005-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 30, 2008
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 3, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SECRET
COt)NTRY East Germany REPORT
TOPIC. Military Activity at the Bernau Post
EVALUATION P1 AnF1 OBTAINED
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES_ _-_
I__DATE PREPARED.
PAGES 2 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
REMARKS
1. At 1230 on 8 April 1955, a troop train which carried 10 AT guns presumably 25X1
of 100 mm and which included 5 box1are was at the Bernau railroad station
ready to depart toward Eberswalde.
2. On 5, 'l and y April, rormer army 4ioining mepoti .I k4e.441 In Dernau was
occupied to capacity by 2,500 to 3,00 soldiers wearing red-bordered
black epaulets with artillery insignia.
3. On 5 April, 4 x 100-mm AT guns were seenin the north section of the
installation and, on 7 April, 15 guns, 30 trucks and 2 x 57-mm AT
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were seen in thf northwest section. Truck ]and 2bus
were seen entering and leaving the installation. 25X1
4. At about 1330 on 17 April, 2 T-AA/Aq tanks- - 4 tanks, 1 JSU-249 gun,
1 JS-3 tank and 10 trucks were entrained at the 25X1
Bernau railroad station.3
5, On 17 April, former Army Clothing Depot Ix in Bernau was occupied as
previously by 2s500 to 3,000 soldiers wearing red-bordered black epauletI
with artillery insignia and, a few, black epaulets with signal insignia.
6. Twelve rocket launchers and approximately 20 vehicles were definitely
observed in the quartering area.4
7. On 14 and 17 April, 26 guns, presumably howitzers, were seen in front of
the gun sheds. Instruction was held on 12 x 100-ma and 2 x 85-.--mm AT auns.
On 17 April. the gun sheds were occupied to capacity. Trucks
hand bus were seen entering and leaving the
installation.
8. Between 8 and 17 April, the Luftnachrichten Kaserne (424-1) in Bernau was
occupied by some 2,000 soldiers wearing red-bordered black epaulets with
tank and artillery insignia and black and blue-bordered black epaulets.
9. The following heavy weapons were observed: 3 T-34/85 tanks, 1 JS-3 tank,
2 two-axle armored personnel carriers and 1 x 57-mm AT gun. Six trucks
with pontoons and 1 motorboat on a one-axle `railer wAro seen in the
engineer-occupied section.
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10. On 11 April, training was conducted with g asmasks donned. Signal
training in the terrain and 8 to 10 armored personnel carriers,
3.mo-toorcycles and 4 sidecar motorcycles were also seen.
11. 0n-11 April, tanks were unloaded at the Bernau railroad station.
Imprints of tank tracks led to the Luftnachric. ten Kaserne.
12, Jeeps
Commen. According to weapons, an AT unit of the 71st Light
Arty Brig r nsferred, presumably to the Templin training grounds,
fof firing practices.
13. On 11 April, the SS Brieftaubenstation (4243) in Bernau was again
occupied to capacity by soldiers wearing red-bordered black
epaulets with artillery insignia. The following heavy weapons were
seen$ 4 emplaced 3 -mm AA s and 3 x 37-ma6and 2 x 76-mm AA guns
at training. Seder was also seen.
14. At about 0600 on 17 Affil, a troop train left Bernau and went toward
Berlin. It carried 5 x 122-mm field howitzers, 6 x 100-mm AT guns,
6 tractors,715 to 20 trucks and 1 field kitchen and included about
10 boxcars.
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FMotor vehicle
mentioned in paragraph are believed -to belong to GSFG true an
to-the Fourth Gds Mecz Army (bus).
Cgfinent. This was probably a tank firing detail of the 35th Gds
which presumably transferred to the Templin training grounds.
mment. The 52d Gds R1 Bn of the 6th Gds Mecz Div probably
transferred from the Luftnachrichten Kaserne to the former Army Clothing
Depot I in Bernan. This transfer may explain the assignment of the
. It is elieve a the rocket launcher unit
is not subordinate to the 71st Light Arty Brig, but is only stationed
in the same installation.
Locket have-recently unchers, which ed in the army clot ng
Comment. The information fails to indicate any changes@
the jeep and sedan are believed to belong to the
6th Gds Mecz Div and that of the truck to the Fourth Gds Mecz Armyl
the return from the Wustrow
AAA firing range of elements of the 120-th (?) AAL Regt of the 6th Gds
Meoz Div. The motor vehicle believed to belong to the 6th
Gds Mecz Div.
Comment. It cannot be determined whether this artillery of AT unit
of the 71st Light Arty Brig transferred to the Doeberitz for to the
Jueterbog training grounds.
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