PW CAMPS IN SIEMIANOWICE AND MIKULEZYCE, UPPER SILESIA, NOW TROOP CAMPS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005300050003-9
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 23, 2006
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: June 13, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY
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REPORT NO...._I
Pi Camps in Jier&ianowice and ~.itkulczyee, Urrper .1osia,
Low Tr22p CanD ..~.-... _._.
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OSTA?NE
REFERENCES
..PLACE OBTAINED
. HATE PPFPAPFI'] 1:" Juno 1950
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ileriianowice. ( 51/Y 67)
I. The following inforr ation on troop e;uarters was
obtained up to ?i;ece-ber 1949.
The ca' p was located on the !Li perimeter of Siemla-
nowice, near a coal rune on the western side of the
road to aichalkowice (,, 51/1V 57).
The installation consisted of eight former Gerv?an
i eioh Labor .ervioe eantorv ent buildings, two large,
lowni, brick buildings located outside the canton:-nt
and still occupied by civilians, and several utili-
ties buildings.
2. Polish troops gradually moved into the cantonient
after July 1949. They, numbered about 800 by Decem-
ber 1949. They arrived in grou-+s of 30 to 50 and
were issued uniforms only in the cantonrient. half
of the troops were Congress Poles*and half o-P themen
were ethnic ?erv-ans from Upper ilesia and a z aFaa
(P 53/11 20). They were frorh. 3.8 to 20 years of age
and, according to their own stats ents, were to go
through a two-year term of labor service,, fa' .owed
by to years of military service. The troops wore
brown uniforms. ::i.a wore epaulets without insignia,
and i3COs wore epaulets Faith silver braids. ilthough
no arcs were observed, fire by submachine E uns or
light machine (runs was repeatedly heard. 'T'hree days
of the veelc were devoted to labor and three daps to
drill.-
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:.iiku lc zyc e . (, 51/Y 48)
3. The followin infor^iation was obtained in troop
25X1 quarters The camp was located
east of _ ku czyce, formerly Klausberg, and con-
sisted of six 60 x 12-meter low brick buildings
which for-ierly housed Gar-ran laborers, and
several uU.lities buildings.
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4. bout 800 older civilians arrived at the ca' and
were issued
The
p ,w nc u a e n e ernars, were to work
in mines for three .oaths and suLsequently were
to undergo their two-year teri of military service.
YheTi wore brown uniforms. Lo insignia were ob-
servedv"'*
These Poles are from the area
set up by the Congress of Vienna in 18144
C orient . The resort a(-.a in 0 onf it +s that
Polish troaps, prinarlly committed to labor,
are stationed in the upper ailesian industrial
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To house
u le troops can onnen s near the "tines were con-
verted into troops quarters. :;o^te of the troops
were ethnic Germans from Upper 6ilesia, Poznan
and Pomcrania. ,.t first these troops had been re-
. rarded as element of ' e 6ervice for Poland (OP.)
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This assumution has been revised,
now ever, to the effect that the troops belonged
to the Polish Arirv, It is believed that these la-
bor battalions are made up of politically unrelia-
ble men who are engaged nr. i*iarily in labor activ-
ities and undergo only li'?ited arms training.
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