MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE JUETERBOG AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006500520002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 16, 2012
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 28, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT.
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
PAGES 2 a.~....ENCLOSURES (NO. a: TYPE)
REMARKS
1. The troops f:ix ra Juotc V o (?1 52/:~ 67), who were alerted ane% left
the ")Cwt on 114 October' 19",0 returned to their billets three
days later at niglat.ficerc seen in Jueterbog on 19 Octobar5OXl -HUM
had not be :,n at the ?os - fore. (2) `.bout 90 _~oreont of the
rirdows of the Fuchsberg fas.3rne viere lighted during the oveni.ngc.
On 23 October, only four soldiers, who carried portable radio cots,
croro observed at the flaria airfi old 4
2. A train observed at IMlionen I ,gecko on. 22 October consisted of
ten boxcars .,tith troops, and 31 flatcars loaded with trucks, five
rail.-type rocket launchers, and t;velve riortaro. The engine of the
train was headed toward Wittenberg. (3)
3. Another train observed at 1111lion?n I'ruecke on 24 October carried
troops wearing red-bordered black epaulets, billeting equi preen t
and 15 trucks.
The train was headed toward .7ittenberg@ 3
4. A third train of 30 boxcars and several flatcars carrying five trucks,
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trucks were special ac es designed to carry cable reels. (4)
5. Between 9 and 29 October, all units from ,Tittonb?rg, RRosslau, and
Zerbst left Ga,-ip larder near Juoterbog. By 25 October all camp
buildings were handed over to the camp administration by the departing
units. previous es inatee
and data concerning the extent and installations of
the been o high. The canp consisted of exactly llj coil.-
camp . ac
;Meted .1 barracks, 70 ufinishod B I barracks, 18 libraries and
reading rooms , six dirspensaries, 22 headquarters and office buildings,
nine 1 kitchens with stororaaras, 10 officers t kitchens, _50 officers g
, and nine M' buildings, (5)
billets
the
ci boon occupied by units from :pit en c:rg,,
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7, The units from Jueterbog-Altes Lager also handed over the barracks
occupied 'by then throu,;h the sn.iru r, although they wore still staying
in the cramp, and were scheduled to rc -.n them, In late October 1 r>O
they were accor odatod in shelters near the southern parking lot. The
shsltors wore a~,out 10 r.:tors long, four nectars vido, l.5 meter deep
and lined ' ith tree trunks a The gaps in between the trunks were filled
with r: ssp The shelters had slanting roofs covered with tar paper and
A T guns of not more
and three
stand.0 ::ach shelter accoim odated about 30 soldiers sleeping ' on boards
ar stra ags on either side of the central passage dividing the
shaltere, The Ltr and' officers' kitchens of the troops from Juoterbog-
ttlates La;,;vr were still in oporationd The unit concerned was connimanded
Between 9 ? nd 11 October a colonel from Jueterbosg 11 cimne to Own,-) "Tendon
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31 Between 23 and 27 October, -troops 22 to 26 years of ads,'wearing red.
bordered black epaulets,left Carry herder with suitcases and bag . G
They were replaced by soldiers, 18 to 20 years of age,waaring red
epaulets and wrapped leggings who had just arrived. Between 9 and 27
October, tank troops were engaged in daily record practice. A large-
scale firing exercise vas held on 13 October in. which aircraft, dropping
bombs, participated. (7)
V nm 75 r were parked near the shelters.
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(3)
(4)
(5)
It is relieved that new officers who had arrived aboard trains from
tT a5 +io were also assigned to the Jueter'i;og post,
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Presumably elements of the 6th and the 7th Cell Ta- ? Diva w is .rye
to their hole stations a
The train carried a headquarters unit of the Ord Gds Dietz Army.
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pr r sent report indicates that all these znxits had left Prior to 25 October
elements of both the 6th Gds Tarp. Div and the 7th lds Tank Div left the
that times, troops due for demobilization left the camp while nevr replace-
ments arrivedt,
(7) The report indicates that. a unit of the 6th its e cz Div from. Juetortog-
Altes mater remained in camp "reader to continue its training. During
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