SOVIET ARMY ACTIVITIES AT BERNAU, RAVENSBRUECK AND BIESENTHAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A033800610001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 11, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material oont&ins information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.O. Secs. 70.7 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
SUBJECT Soviet Array Activities at Bernau, DATE DISTR. '` f111 1 70
Ra.-rensbrueck and Biesenthal.
NO. PAGES 1
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DATE OF
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SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
eport concerning Soviet Army
activities a ernau, wens rueck and Biesenthal. The report gives the
following information:
:1.
1`liscellaneous information on the Clothing Depo~
Bernau.. 25X1
2.
Unloading
of a military rail shipment at Bernau station on 7 February 1957?
3.
Miscellane
ous information on the clothing depot at Fuerstenberg-Ravensbrueck.
4.
Arrival. of
tank car shipments at the 3iesenthal fuel depot.
5.
Fuel tanks
observed at Bi.esenthal.
6.
Tank unit
at Biesenthal 25X1
(Notat Washington distribution indicated by "X" I field distribution by "#".)
INFORMATION REPORT I N FORMATION REPORT
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EAST GERMANY
25X1
MILITARY
SOVIET ARMY ACTIVITY AT BERNAU RAVENSBRUCK AND BIESENTHAL
26 Jan - 15 Feb 57-
BERM! U
1. In HAUS II of the Clothing BERNI~U, Sch8nefelder Weg,
there are. stored sacks of coat rcpairi material. The voucher
n of th k ?r1 .. Cu.
the unit that despatchod the sac s.
2. 11 Feb 57
In HAUS IIL
was received.
dospatch order)
The location of thu unit concerned is not kno-ann.
3. In the Depot all but 15 Germans have been dismissed. Nearly all
of those dismisse were men who are now only employed as firemen or err*ir:,.a
drivor3.
4. Fob r
At 12.00 hrs. a train off-loaded the following equipment at BETU U station:
15 x Mod. 44, 100mm. A/tk guns towed by YA-12s.
x V'IT
ruck.
6 x G 'Waggons with cases.
(e~ 6 x G Zlag~ons with of'.fic ar,d men, b1ao; r;:;,:
5, On the insido of th.; shield of one Of t..: .:::, i. 44, 100mm. I./tk guns was this
sign:
oV=117u
6. All 15 A/tk guns
RAVENSBRUCK
7. The OC Clo r t l'-:u7,C is nova SC'RULMIN and no
longer Ma, jo ILZJEVI. Major MILZZF only took over ;,Q-- U short time and
is not n e permanent staff of the D;;pot. j
6. In Iddition to the clothing repair works(VEB7IESEIITT AL. e clo_thi '
factory of Eric_ AHL _ownar Fritz> 6,IES Egg el-T, Karl-
cuss- trasso 1 12 is working; for the: Depot at RAVEN"i;,U'-
BIESENTHAL
~:chm
9. The following transports arrived at the Fugal Depot BIESENTHAL:
1 Jan 57- At 14.30 hrs. , 3 listarn Waggons.
11 Feb At 14.30 hrs., 3 Cistorn Wa;Jgons.
10. 6 fuel tanks wer.: seen in tho ),;pot at VU.112.466 at the beginning of F.b 57.
Th.;y were painted green, previously black. Next to the tanks pits hav been
i.ug of the same dimensions as the tanks so that it is prusum-d that they
11. 14 Feb 57
119 1
GU AV V I
tank unit stationed in BIESENTHrAL
SFP,RFt
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