1. POLISH TROOPS AT GROSS BORN TRAINING GROUNDS 2. FUEL DEPORT IN SCHNEIDEMUEHL

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 24, 2003
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: March 9, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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$. a Gross B orn f R S) troop ti, i i roe c { s
a$ A Polish infantry guard data Ll of about '5O men
?as in the Vlestfalenhof Camp, about 3 tun northwest
of ZIj pnow (P 54/h 87). CO of this detail. and of the
camp was a 1.1aj Sy'yol_ovkovd The soldiers of the
detail wore a red "Fir on their epaulets. Neither
the ode tfalenhof Camp nor the troop training
rovaids were permanently occupied by-Polish troops.
i-). The . estf aienhof main carup consisted of 32 wooden.
cantonment buildings which were a7 re .dy repaired
in September 1945. PGs were quartered in some
of the buildings o The camp included a four-story
headquarters building, occupied by the Polish
guard detail. A branch camp of about 12 cantonment
:stc=l_1.tings, occupied by German civilian internees,
was near the canp?
c. L aneuvers of two thousand to -three thousand
Polish troops were hold at the troop training
?rc unds from 1r-itr-= august to mid-September 1949
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.The f olio ring arnrms and equipments were observe :
Egg-shaped and stick hand-grenades,
Zuhmachine guns of Soviet and other make,
I f les,
German heavy machine guns of 1942 type,
Light AT or infantry guns of 76.2 r..mm' caliber
(estimated) aith light prime movers zimilar t4
tractors,
Heavy mortars,
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A guns of 88 mm caliber (estimated),
About 100 t Sri cs of various types includin
T 34/8, and four or five JS-122;
German Sp guns.
I% lthou:rh no artillery pieces were obse ved, the
P", heard. artillery fire at the trainin , grounds .
German-made radio stations and signal troops
with FF-cables (underground construction), but
no engineer equipment, were obs-.rved.
d. Soviet officers supervised Polish maneuvers, which
haneebeen held every spring and fail since 19474
Five to ten Soviet officers and some Sovlc:t NCOs,
who were freeuently exchanged, have been stationed
in -the 'Itiestfalenhof Camp since 19474 The Soviets
selected the maneuver area and planned and
directed the maneuvers, according to Polish
S.}.alas
e 4 German pillboxes were destroyed by blastin
and emplacements and field positions near
Pommernv:ald leveled by P71s. Hoc:ever, the fortified
defense system was reconditioned in the late Summer
of 1947, with new shelters reinforced by iron
_;irders .and u?ooden piles instead of the deiiol:ished
'r illboxes.
?m?u._e.dea~ ~x~~duch.-'_,d
observe d near the r ' ro'a station , : ue1
ceroz of 20 to 30 tanks, These were seven to ee:i.-,s'hrt
i otors lon-; and at least one meter in dirarieter.
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Accordin to information available, the ':'estfa7_enhof'
camp consisted of many barracks and had a capacity
of one inf >nt:ry regiment and one a.rt:~ ierIy r -1.i :C'n
up to the he-;inning of 1.945. The camp also included
a large cantonsment. 1.S the barracks have not, been
ment- oned;, they probably were destroyed dur:Ln the
va r
k%lthou. h previous reports on the, Gross s. orn. troop
;raining grounds referred only to Soviet troops,
It is considered credible that Camp V:kestf^l_enhof
nay have been placed at the dis-, osa1 of Polish
troops for maneuvers.
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