SOVIET FEMALE MILITARY COMPOUND AT STRAUSBERG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001900870007-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 28, 2003
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 20, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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LLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
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COUNTRY
SUBJECT Soviet Female Military Compound
PLACE
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OFTHE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO-
HIBITED BY LAW. REPRODUCTION OF TH15 FORM IS PROHIBITED. HOW.
EVER. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN BODY OF THE FORM MAY BE UTILIZED
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2-0 October 194
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
'THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION FOR THE RESEARCH
USE OF TRAINED INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS
Since May 1948, several hundred Russian women, aged 2(Y-25, have been billeted
in the former Landesjugendheim buildings in Strausberg (V15), It is believed
that they arrived from Rostock as a unit and that they will proceed to Potsdam
on completion of their studies.
2. The women constitute, a select group, receiving unusually high pay and good
food, and dressed in well made uniforms. They are required to know German,
French, and English fluently at the start of the school course; in addition,
some of them speak Polish, Military drill is part of the school routine. The
students are restricted to the Strausberg compound and can leave only by special
pass, The compound is guarded by Russian soldiers.
:5. Teachers at the 4Jugendheim are all Soviet women officers with the rank of major.
They are permitted more freedom than the students and are billeted partly in
private homes with sentries guarding them.
4. The streetcar line from Strausberg to the compound has been blocked, so that
approach must be made on foot.
5. Up to five weeks ago (i.e., about 1-15 August), Soviet officers and EM in
Strausberg were forced to deposit an unknown percentage of their pay in a
Zwangssparkasse. This measure apparently was designed to promote the idea
of personal savings. Deposits were made available to personnel on or about
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