REGISTRATION AND CALLING-UP OF FORMER WEHRMACHT PERSONNEL IN SAXONY-ANHALT AND THURINGIA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000800410001-1
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• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 6, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 19, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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COUNTRY Germaw (htssien Zone)
SUBJECT
Registration and Catlin Up of Fir dehrmae
Personnel in Sa$oay'Anbalt and Thur4..ngie.
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In Saxony-Walt and Thuringia, the SiA ordered that all former Gera officers
including officials who held honorary ranks must r,tlister at their local police
stations during the period 6 to 20 June. On r gi tering, the persons concerted
had to cmp1ete a Fragebogen giving details of their milita y careers.
2. In Thuringn during the first half of May,, all f over naval personnel of the
ran of rite and above had to register. On police Gl'i'de= s, xelatives of rban
who fled to the West without registering forfeited' their ration cards. A
threat to this effect has also been published in Halle.
3. A1.1 former Gexmn Air Force and German Navy personnel, Including . auxiliaries
In Delitzsch have had to report to the authorities. Tate poster giving this order
stated further that relatives of those who endeavored to evade the order by flee
to other zones would receive no ration cards and mould be severe3y punished. A
number of men and omen have already received orders assigning thm to 41:V.
4. Registrations of former idehrmaeht personnel have been inking place throughout the
entire Soviet Zone. All ranks of no -cc ,esioned officers and upward receive
Instructions to report i4thin a few days to their local Koraendatura. Lieutenants
of considerable are (up to 42 years old) receive similar orders.
The procedure is as follows* A questionnaire has to be filled out giving details
of rank,: campaign,, arm of service, special training and. aurards. There was one
question on pact political affiliations. Indi.-riduals 'were then 'interrogated by
Soviet Officers on the basis of their questionnaire. Political matters pfd a
very minor role in the course of this interrogation.
6. Some individuals have in the meantime received their call-up papers, and it appear
Mh t the former az-ry personnel are called up under a plan called "Operation Oder-
bruchregu' i egg" . Naval personnel are mobilized v der a plan called "tax' u nd
A zsbau. der Usutschon Binnc nsehifffahrt", i Fee name of the operation for air force
personnel is unknotn.
;'Q In late t 1947 many men in Leipzig between the ages of 18 and 45. pa ticularly( L
tar,ftw tf'fe and K eg arIne personnel, received call-up notices. These eonscrIp-`
tiona apparently function under "~raticn Fishing" In the .tic. San ranscrip-
toes, howover,, have been given such places as Kiev and riinak as their .stinations.
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/09/06: CIA-RDP82-00457R000800410001-1
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/09/06: CIA-RDP82-00457R000800410001-1