POLISH AND SOVIET MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN POLAND

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THIS IS UNEVAWATED, ADVANCE INFORMATICK
POLISH AND SOVIET MILITARY INSTALLATICATS IN POLAND
Susss:ry: This report contains information on six military installations
occupied by Polish ground forces units and one installation occupied by
the Soviet Army in Poland. Included is information on the compound in
WRCICAWoccupied jointly by headquarters of the Silesian Military Dis-
tridt ai6 II Armored Corps, the pinpoint location of the headquarters
s'. 'of the 11th Armored Div inLAGAN, and details of the spe ific buildings
occupied by 11th Armored Div units within the casern in ZAGAN. Informa-
tion is also given on the compound of an unidentified Soviet hospital
and infantry battalion in WROCLAW.
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POLISH AND SOVIET MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN POLAND
Table of Contents
Item paw
Introduction ......................................................... 3
A. POLISH INSTALLATIONS
1. Two Ar Installations n WR,OCLAW ............................ 3
a. Silesian Military District and II Armored
Corps Headquarters Compound .............................. 3
b. Motor Transport Compound ................................. 4
2. T s Army Installations in PAGAN ............................ 5
a. 11th Armored Div Headquarters Building 5
b. Casern Used by 11th Armored Div Units 6
c. Motor Transport Compound ................................ 7
3.
Uth Lpbor Bn Casern in STRZILCE O_ .................... 8
B. SOVIET INSTALLATION IN POLAND
Unidentified Hospital and Infantry Battalion Compound in WROCEAW . 9
Annexes:
Annex A -
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in V .............. 10
Annex B - e n Sketch of
the Motor Trangnort Compound in-,_ ............... 12
Annex C - point Location and 7.Sketch of
the ]lth Armored Div Compound in 2AiGAN ................ 14
Annex D - Pinpoint Location of the Casern in WAN ... ... 15
Sketch of the a e n Used
Units of the 11th Armored Div in 2AGAN ................ 16
Annex F t Location and 7 Sketch of
the Motor Transport Compound in 2ALAN ................. 20
Annex G - t a Sketob of
tbg 34th Labor ern STRZELCE OPOLSKI E ......... 22
Annex H --/ Pinpoint Location andl ISketc
the Soy iet Hospital and Unidentified Infantry
Battalion Comucnnd in WROO AW ......................... 24
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Introdu tc ion
A. POLISH INSTALLATIONS
1. Two Army Installations in WROCAW
a. Silesian Military District and II Armored Corps Headquarters Compound
(1) Location
The headquarters compound was located in the downtown section of
the city, approximately 500 a west of the Plac Powstazcc6w A4skich in WROCLAW (see
Annex A for pinpoint location and layout). This compound was bounded on the south
side by Ulica Satabowa, on the west side by Ulioa Pruchniaka, and on the north-
northwest side by Ulica Bernarda Pretficza.
(2) Installation
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There was no sharp division between the offices of the two headquarters, the
Silesian Military District and the II Armored Corps .1? The commanding generals
had their separate offices on the third floor of Wing la, adjacent to each other,
and the staff offices of both headquarters were either occupied by the same offices
together or were situated in the same sections of the buildings. This compound
consisted of three sections. The main section included the headquarters building,
EM billets and officers' club, moving picture theater, and transient officers'
quarters. (See items la, lb, lc, 2, 3 and 3a, 9 and 10 of Annex A.) The second
section was composed of the guardhouse and pass office (see item 4 of Annex A).
The third section included the motor pool area and the finance office. (See items
5, 6, 7 and 8 of Annex A.)
(3) Administration
the (hartermanter branch or an officer from
that branch was responsible for the housekeeping details of this compound .
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Ithe EM who worked in
the headquarters, the guardhouse, and the motor park were billeted in one building.
(4) Equipment and Transportation
this headquarters used radios since antennas
unknown number of trucks, motorcycles, and sedans
(g) Security
The main section of this compound was partly, but not completely,
enclosed by the wall or the hedge which grew in places. The headquarters building
was bordered by streets on three sides. during duty hours all 25X1
entrances were guarded by an EM wearing a,.-.eap with a red band and armed with a pistol.
During the night all entrances were locked and the first floor was illuminated and
patrolled by * guard inside the building. During hours of darkness, the outside
grounds of the headquarters building were patrolled by one sentry who was armed
with a submachine gun.
The guardhouse and pass office were open 24 hours a day and housed
the officer of the guard and the guard detail, strength unknown. The entrance to
the guardhouse was illuminated at night.
The motor park was enclosed by a mash wire fence. The gate and
the pedestrian entrance were open in the day time and guarded by two EM, both
armed with SMdis. At night the entrances were locked and guarded by a sentry
usually located in a nearby guard shed. The garages and vehicles parked in the
open were guarded at night by one walking sentry. l
To enter the headquarters building, a separate phss was required
for the offices of the commanding generals of the Military District and the II
Armored Corps and offices of the tactical and operations staff sections of both
headquarters. These passes were issued by the duty officer an duty at the guard-
house and pass office or his representative." Upon presentation of the appointment
slip or official orders calling the officer to the headquarters, the duty officer
checked it by phone with the office to be contacted and then issued the pass. A
different type of pass was issued by the same office to visitors of the ground
forces and technical staff section offices. This pass could be obtained by pre-
sentation of orders and/or by giving the name, grade, and office number of the
individual to be visited. this type of pass was easy to obtain,
especially if one knew some officer by name who worked in an office.
b. Motor Transport Compound
(1) Location
This installation was situated in the Rakewiec district of WROCZAW,
approximately 600 m southwest of the Odra River. It was bounded an the southwest
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side by IIlica Generals pradzynskiego, an the west side by Mica Lukas zewskiega,
an the north side by Mica Miernicza, and an the northwest side by Mica Renualda
Traugutta (see Annex B for pinpoint location).
(2) Installation
(For
sketch and a detailed description of this
installation, see Annex B.)
(3) Equipment
the transportation unit was equipped with an
unknown number of unidentified _ZIS-type trucks of WW II vintage, GAZ-69 trucks
called "Gazik", Polish-made Star-type trucks, and a few Lublin-type
trucks. saw two or three Dodge li-ton trucks entering or leaving this
installation.
(4) Security
This compound was surrounded by a mesh wire fence and had one
entrance through the archway of the headquarters building (item 1, Annex B). One
room of the main building, situated to the side of the underpass, was used as a
guard room and pass office. The entrance was guarded by one sentry wearing a
helmet and armed with a SM. This guard checked the vehicles and the military
identification books of uniformed Personnel wishing to visit the military store
at this installation.
2. wee AIM Installations in ZAGAN E15-19) (WT 220185)
a. 11th Armored Div Headquarters Building
(1) Location
This headquarters building was situated in the pert east part of
iAGAH, approximately 300 m west of the Bobr River highway bridge at AGAR, north
of Mica Zarska, and east of an unnamed, dead-end street (see Annex C for pinpoint
location).
(2) Installation
The 11th Armored Div headquarters occupied only one building.
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(3) Security
The building was located on Ulica Zarska on the south side and an
unidentified dead-end street on the west side- no fences were seen on the east and
north sides. The only entrance was on the west side of the build-
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ing about 25 m north of Ulica Zarska. Three or four steps led directly from the
street to the vestibule which was! guerde&by one sentry who were a cap with a black
band and was armed with a SMG' To the left of the vestibule there was a room which
served as a pass office and a guard room.
During the hours of darkness the first floor
of this building was illuminated and the outside of the building was guarded
by a walking sentry armed with a SM.
b. Casern Used by 11th Armored Div Units
(1) Location
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It was located northwest of 2ALAN, north of the highway from ALAN to ARY (N51-38,
E15-0)(WT 100210) and approximately 400 a west of the railroad line from fJGAN to
BIMIow (N51-439 115-11).
?(2) Installation
This casern (located in former German territory) was built by the
Germans at an unknown date prior to WW II and was used to house the Herman Goering
MSS" Panzer Div. During the war this installation was damaged slightly but was
repaired by the Poles ding The period 1946 to 1949. The barracks building; 14
in all, fronted on the ALAN- ARY highway, adjoined to the rear and north by the
headquarters_.sad_regimantal was buildings, totaling seven buildings.
with the exception o2' the infantry troops of the motorized infantry battalion
of the 8th Ned Tk Regt and of the 15th Mess Regt, who slept in double-decked beds,
there was sufficient space to house all troops described in Annex D in single beds.
The training areal, ideal for armor problems were located adjacent
to the casern on the west, toward ZARY, on both sides of the 1AGAN-GARY highway.
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(4) Equipment3.
the capacity of the garages at this
installation was ample space to keep all equipment under
cover when it was not in use. There was no equipment parked or stored in the
casern open areas.
The Division Equipment Repair Shop, which was in two large build-
ings, was capable of replacing and overhauling vehicle engines and of performing
"higher" echelon maintenance on 11th Armored Div equipment.
_ I armor
repairs which could not be handled by this shop were done by the Tank Repair Shop
in SIEMIANOWI Z (N50-18, 319-02).
(5) Security
The casern was enclosed by a two-meter-high mesh wire fence,
topped with three barbed wire;'strands mounted on cement pests, with the top part
inclined toward installation. The over-all security for the installation was the
responsibility of the Zagan garrison guard, which was quartered and had its head-
quarters at this casern. The garrison commander was the unidentified CO of the
22d Independent Tk Rogt or the CO of the 15th Mecz R Mt
The detail for this duty, estimated at from 45 to 60 men,
was supplied by the regiments stationed in the casern, rotating according to
roster. The garrison guard manned the main entrance to the casern and provided
walking posts along the casern fences. This guard also patrolled the city of
ZAGAN and guarded the casern prison, also located in the casern,.
In addition, individual regiments and battalions had their own
guards around mess halls and motor parks.
The main entrance to the casern, which was open 24 hours a day,
was manned by two sentries who wore caps with black bands and were armed with SMGs.
The entrance to the casern, the mess hall and headquarters buildings, the motor
parks, and the maintenance shop were illuminated at night.
c. Motor Transport Command
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(1) Location
This c.Pound was located about 500 m south of the town square,
on the west side of the ZAGAN-LAWSZOWA highway (see Annex F for pinpoint
location if this installation).
(2) Installation
lation, see
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Annex F.
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(4) Equipment
unidentified WW II Soviet ZIS-type and newer Polish
Lublin-and Star-type trucks entering. or leaving the compound.
(5) Security
This compound was enclosed by a two-meter-high mesh wire fence
and had one vehicle entrance, which was guarded by a transportation sentry, armed
with a S) 3, and one pedestrian entrance to the main building, also guarded by a
sentry. At night, the main gate, and the warehouse and garage area were illumin-
ated.
3. 34th Labor Bn Casern in STRZELCE OPOLSKIE (N51-06 E19-47)(CA 087991)
a. Location
(For pinpoint location of this casern, ass Annex G.)
This casern was situated in the northwestern outskirts of STRZELCE
OPOISKIE, approximately 1,000 m northwest of the town square and southwest of the
OPOLR-STR?.BLCE OPOLSKIZ highway, at coordinates CA 076998.
This installation consisted of a total of six buildings and two addi-
tional buildings under construction. At least three of the buildings were not fully
utilized since only the headquarters of the 34th Labor Bn, comprising approximately
100 officers and fli, was located hero I 25X1
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U t this installation was to be occupied by an unidentified tank unit.
the 34th Labor Bn still occupied this case rn
the 00 of the 34th Labor Bn was also responsible 25X1
for the administration of this casern through his quartermaster officer, Mai
sum J.' (fnu) .
d. Equipment
The 34th Labor Bn had en unknown number of ZIS, Star, and Lublin type
trucks. In addition, there were a few heroes which were used to haul supplies from
the surrounding farms and from the railroad station at STRZELCE OPOLSKIE. Most of
the trucks assigned to this installation were used to transport troops to their
place of work.
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This casern was enclosed by a two-meter-high mesh wire fence mounted
on cement poles and topped with three or four strands of barbed wire. The entrance
was guarded by two sent?ies, each armed with old-type submachine gun or carbine.
In addition, at night there was a two-man patrol walking around inside the fence.
The gasoline pump, sees hall, and the garages, each were guarded by one sentry
during night hours.
Unidentified Hospital and Unidentified Infantry Battalion Casern in WROCLAW
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d. Equipment
This casern was situated in the Karlowice.district of WROCLAW, north
of Ulica Ignacego Cbrzanowskiego and east of Ulica Czajkowekiego.
(For sketch and a detailed description of this instal-
lation, see Annex
This compound consisted of 10 red brick buildings and two wooden bar-
racks. The headquarters and the hospital were in two of the buildings, and the
rest of the buildings were occupied by troops wearing magenta shoulderboards,
called infantry troops .1 'estimated the strength at one battalion.
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pinpoint location of this installation, see Annex H.)
no knowledge of the administration of this installation.
Ino knowledge of the equipment of the hospital.
an unknown number of unidentified Soviet trucks and ambulances were parked in
the area around the garages.
e. Security
This installation was enclosed by a 2J-m-high mesh wire fence. The
main gate and the adjoining guardhouse and pass office were guarded by a sentry
who wore magenta shoulderboards and was armed with a submachine gun.
There was a pedestrian entrance, fenced in and leading directly to the
officers' club and arters.
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1. Four-stories high, gray stucco building with a peaked roof aped
tile. This structure was in the form of a figure six (6) and housed the
offices in its three wings (la, lb, lc) as follows:
Wing is, approximately 50 m x 12 m in size.
The first and second floors were occupied by the Training (Tactics)
and Operations Staff Section of the Silesian Military District and
II Armored Corps Headquarters.
Third Floor - Commanding Generals, the Dpputy OG for Political Matters,
Military District Party Commission (Okr?gowa Komisja
Partyjna) and Political Branch of Special Units, such
as: labor battalions and others
Fourth Floor- Political Branch Supply (books, training aids, films),
code rooms, and radio roams; antennas were mounted on
top of the building.
Wing ib, approximately 30 a x 12 m in size- Offices of Rear Services,
Oaartermaster, Medical Service
Wing lc, approximately 30 m x 15 a x 12 a in size - Offices of chiefs of
ground forces and technical staff sections (Signal, Engineer, Trans-
portation, etc.)
2. Three-stories-high, red brick building with a peaked roof dovered'with red
tile and approximately 20 a x 12 a in size. This building housed the EM
of the detachment serng this headquarters.
3. Three-stories-high, gray stucco building with a peaked roof covered with
red tile, approximately 60 a x 15 a in size. The first floor of this
building housed the officers, club, dining room, dance and movie hall, and
library, while the second and third floors were used as officers' transient
billets.
3a. One-story-high, red brick structure approximately 15 a x 12 a in size which
was an extension of the movie and dance hall mentioned in item 3, above.
4. One-story-,high, red brick building approximately 10 m x 4 m in size. This
building doused the guard detail with the officer in charge, the pass office,
and the telephone exchange with approximately 15 telephone booths for local
city calls.
5. L-shaped, three-stories-high, old gray stucco building with a peaked roof
covered with brown tile, approximately 30 a x 15 m x 10 m in size, which
housed the finance offices and the motor dispatch office.
6. Three newly constructed garages (1954), capacity and size unknown.
7. Wooden, portable type, guard shed approximately 4.a x 4 a in size, by the
main gate-and pedestrian entrance.
8. Mesh wire fence about 21 a high.
9. Two-meter .high wall.
10. Two-aster = -high hedge
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1. U-shaped, three-stories-high, gray stucco building with a peaked roof
cosered-with red tile, approximately 80 m x 30 m x 12 n in size, with
an m aderpass !or vehicular: traffic. The first floor of this building
housed the headquarters of an unidentified motor transportation bat-
talion a military store, a barber shop, and a guard and pass office.
The second and third floors were occupied by troops.
2. Three-stories-high, gray stucco building with a peaked roof covered
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with red'tile, approximately 50 a x 12 m in size. This building
hobssd r..eserve troops,. strength and type unknown, who were taking
three months; training at this installation. 5.
Three-stories-high, I.asbaped,.r.grky` ftteco;-;building,'size : unknown, which
housedctroops.and an unidentified band.
Three-stories-high, gray stucco structure, size and use unknown.
5. Two one-story-high, gray stucco buildings, each about 50 m x 12 a
in site, used as garages, capacity unknown.
6. Mesh wire fence about two meters high.
7. Entrance through an archway.
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Three-stories-high,
new gray stucco
building with peaked
roof covered with red
tile, about 50 m x
30 a x 12 a in size.
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1. throaigh 2l. each of those buildings was approximately 25X1
55 m s 12 at three stories high, of gray stucco construction and had a
pesbd roe[ soared with tin sheets. all of these 25X1
b,t11Allns had high roots and the units' supply storage roar were located
in the settles. These buildings were used and occupied as follows,
1. Headggartors and Smacks. The first floor of this building housed the
headquarters of the 8th Ned Tk Regt and the regimental library. The
seee~ ad third floors ware occupied by troops of the headquarters pla.?
toms administration and supply) and troops of the motorised infantry
battelt.A, both of the 8th Mod Tk Regt. Troops slept in double-decked
beds.
2. Regisestal Mesa. The 8th Tk Regt mss was on the first floor, with storage
roar in the collar. The dining roam and additional ration storage rooms
were we the seeaad floor. The third floor housed the regimental tailor
shop, shN repair shop, and unidentified regimental store roam.
Regime ntal Headquarters and Mass. Boadquarters offices of the 17th Ivy
OF Arty Hagt, the regimental library, and the kitchen were on the first
flew. The basement was need for rations and kitchen storage. The dining
roam Mond additional ration storage room were on the second floor. The
thisd!flair hemmed the regimental tailor shop, shoe repair shops, and uni-
dantitriad supply roar. Troops of the 23d School Bn also messed hero,
larraiks mod Company Orderly Rooms. This building was occupied by troops
of'-as 'gaidentified signal battalion of the 11th Armored Div and by troops
of tbo ?th M d Tk 1egt. The signal battalion headquarters and company
orderly rase were also located in this building.
5. Barracks. This building was occupied by troops of the 8th Mod Tk Regt.
6. Headggarters and Barracks. The headquarters and all students of the 23d
School. In were located in this building. The troops mooed in the l7th
Hvy S< Arty Ssgt mss hall, it.. 3,above.
7. Sarraeks, occupied by troops of the 17th Evy SP Arty Regt.
8. Barracks amid Camara Barber Shop. Troops of the 17th Hvy SP Arty Regt were
billeted here. In addition, the only barber shop for the entire installs.
tiw me located in a room on the first floor of this build IM. The barber
shop we operated by three civilian barbers who resided in $All.
9. Heaftarters and Regimental Uses. The headquarters offices of the 15th
Mess t the regimental mss, and the library were located in this build..
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10. Headquarters and Mess. The headquarters offices of the 13th AT Arty Bn and
at an =identified rocket launcher unit were located in this buildi in
addit$eti, a regimental mined mss hall was also located hero.
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11. through 13. Barracks, occupied by troops of the 15th Mecz Regt.
14. Barracks, occupied by troops of the 13th AT Arty Bn.
15. Barracks, occupied by troops of an unidentified` rocket launcher unit.
16. Headquarters and Mass. The headquarters offices of an unidentified en-
gineer (sapper) battalion and reconnaissance company, both of the 11th
Armored Div, were located here.
Ttfi* rest of it was used as in items-1-and 3 aabove.
17. Regimental Headquarters and Mess. The headquarters offices of the 22d
Independent Tk Regt, regimental mess, and library were located hers.
the rest of it was used
as described in items 2;and 3 above.
18 and 19. Barracks, occupied by troops of an unidentified engineer (sapper)
battalion and reconnaissance company. '
20 and 21. Barracks,occupied by troops of the 22d Independent Tk Regt.
22. Three areas, each about 60 a x 15 m, containing an unknown number of gray
stucco garages, capacity unknown.
23. Part of the Division Equipment Repair Shop. A one-story-high, gray. stucco
building, approximately 60 m x 30 m x 15 m in size.
24. Part of the Division Equipment Repair Shop. A one-story-high, gray stucco
building, approximately 75 a x 30 m x 25 m in size, equipped with special
overhead rail cranes, type and capacity unknown.
25. Three tank and heavy equipment loading ramps, each of concrete-steel con-
struction, size unknown.
26. Steel gate used for railroad traffic only.
27. Two steel gates used only for armored vehicles leaving for training grounds
near the casern.
28. An entrance used only during periods of heavy vehicular traffic; otherwise
closed.
29. Main entrance, open 24 hours a day.
29a. Guardhouse. One-story-high red brick building gppraximately 15 m x 60 a
in sire. It housed a fail, the offices of the ZAGAN garrison commander,
the garrison detail (patrols), and a pass office.
30. Vehicular entrance. Used only during parades and periods of heavy vehicle
traffic.
30a. Small, portable wooden shed, used only when the gate (item 30, above)
was open.
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31. Pedestrian oted wigate# th the e offices o of operated
32. Theater and movie hall, one-story-high, oval shaped, of gray stucco con-
struction, approximately 100 a x 50 a x 10 a in sine. This building was
also used for indoor gymnastics and other unidentified athletic activities.
A sobedlule was kept for each regimental unit showing the times at which
the troops of a regiment could view the picture free of charge.
33. Alert and formation areas.
34. Obstacle course (tor przeszk4d), equipped with movable barbed wire fences
and wooden fences mid walls, approximately 120 a x 40 a in size.
35. The flag P010-
36. Four tbree-storhi6h ' stucco buildings, each about 50 a x 10 a in size,
having peaked roofs covered with red tile, used for bachelor officers and
for officers' family quarters.
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1. Headquarters Building. Three-stories-high gray stucco building with a
peaked roof covered with brown tile, approximmate1y 50 mm x 12 mm in size.
In addition to the headquarters offices, this building housed the military
store, barber shop, and library.
2. Barracks. An L-shaped, three-stories-high gray stucco building with a
peaked roof covered with brown tile, approximately 50 mm x 30-mm x 12 mm in
sise.
3. Four one-story-high gray stucco buildings, each approximately 30 m x 12 mm
in size, used as warehouses, garages, and maintenance shops.
4.
5.
Main gate, open during daylight hours, guarded by two sentries armed with
submachine guns.
Pedestrian entrance, guarded by one sentry armed with a submachine gun,
6. Mesh wire fence, about two motors high.
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1. Headquarters Building. Three-storiesigh>gray stucco building with a
peaked roof covered with gray tile, approximately 60 m x 10 m in size. In
addition to the headquarters offices, this building housed the followings
First Floor - Officers' Club, library, recreation hall, and dispensary.
Secs Floor - Offices of the 34th Labor Bn headquarters.
r Floor - Tailor shop, shoe repair shop, and BOQ.
2. Barracks. A three-storied-high gray stucco building with a peaked roof
covered with gray tile, approximately 60 m x 10 m in size. Used as
quarters for the administration and supply platoon (pluton gospodarozy)'
with an estimated strength of 80 EM. This building was only about 80
percent occupied.
3. EM Mess. A three-storiedhigh gray stucco building with a peaked roof
with gray tile, approximately 60 m x 10 a in size, which housed the EM
mess. Rations were stored in the cellar. This building was only about
50 percent utilized; half of the second floor and the entire third floor
were not used.
4. Guard room and pass office. An L-shaped, ore-story-high stucco building
about 10 m x 10 x 5 a in size.
5. Gasoline station with two pumps. There was one underground tank and one
tank above ground, capacities unknow4.
6. Stables. A three-storie#-high gray stucco building with a peaked roof
covered with gray tile, approximately .60 m x 10 m in size. An unknown
number of horses were stabled in the cellar and stra%i'and hay were stored
on the first floor. The remainder of the building was without doors and
windows and was not used.
7. Storage. A three-storied-high gray stucco building with a peaked roof
covered with gray tile, approximately 60 a x 10 m in also. The basement
and first floor were used for storage of rations and uniforms. The second
and third floors were not used.
8. Garages. This was a one-story-higb gray stucco building, approximately
30 a x 10 m in also, covered with a slanted tin sheet roof; the doors were
made of steel. The capacity of this garage was unknown.
9. Two now buildings under construction; the ground was broken in the fall
of 1954.
10. Pistol and S) firing range with three firing points; it encompassed an
area of about 60 m x 15 m in size.
11. Main gate.
lla. Pedestrian entrance.
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1. Ths nemse of II Armored Corps and 11th Armored Div were used in this
report Las a literal translation of ~ Polish
assess: II-gi Korpus Panoerny and 11-ta Dywizja Wojak Pancernych.
Tbs reservists were army uniforms without collar patches and wore
overseas-type cops. No insignia of grade was worn
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1. Hospital. A three-storied-high red brick building having a peaked roof
covered with red tile, approximately 40 m x 10 m in size.
2. Headquarters building. A two-storied-high red brick building having a
peaked roof covered with red tile, approximately 30 m x 10 m in size.
Barracks. A three-storied-high,red brick building having a peaked roof
covered with red tile, approximately 30 m x 10 a in size.
4. Barracks. A three-storied-high,red brick building having a peaked roof
covered with red tile, approximately 30 in x 10 in in size.
5. Militapry store, bfficers' club, and BOQ. A three-storied-high,red brick
building having a peaked roof covered with red tile, approximately 30 m x
10 a in size.
6. Barracks. Two one-story-high wooden buildings, each about 25 m x 10 m in
size.
7. Garages. Three one-story-high stucco buildings, size and capacity unknown.
8. Barrackkk. Two two-storied-high,gray stucco buildings, approximately 25 m x
10 in in sips...
9. Obstacle course with barbed wire fences and wooden walls.
10. Main **trades.
11. Pedestrian entrance with a wooden shed.used as a pass office, about six
meters by six meters in size.
12. Fenced-in pedestrian entrance to the military store, offioers',club, and
13.
BOQ.
Mesh wire fence about 2* a high.
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