MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN STETTIN

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• Publication Date: August 23, 1951
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TOPIC Mi..l.itary l:nstallations in Stet?:in
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Soviet Units and Offices
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la From early 1945 to early 1951 a Soviet headquarters under the coitrand of Colonel
Izovenko, (fnu), was located at 19 a. Plotr Skargi, formerly Roonstrasse, in
Stettin (0 51;/Q 55), , he superior headquarters was located in Lie tnitz (D 52/B 2),
A general from Lielmitz inspected the :i adquarters ire Stettin about every three
months. the headquarters personnel included 100 to 120 officers, most of whom were
field-grade officers and captains . It was the opinion
of source that Colonel Kovenko, (fnu), was the ni1.i tar; post cc ::.tinder of btettin
since no other high-echelon Soviet headquarters was knorn to be stationed there, he
building at 19 1oonstrasse was throe-story, each story housing about 11 to 16
offices? A truck usually occupied by 15 to 20 ~'ovi t officers shuttled between the
headquarters building and the harbor three trees daily,:, s'he officers were apparently
assigned to the Soviet harbor administration which was also under jurisdiction of
Colonel Kovenko, (fnu) a A colonel was frequently soon to be the ranking officer
among the officers en route to the harbor, No Polish officers or soldiers were
observed in the Soviet headquarters building, Colonel Kovonlco,, (:nu), occas-
ionally wore the unifoin of a Polish colonel,
2. The barracks installation on the northeast side of ula T;sclr,~ ecrr cza, formerly
K,reckoweratrasL,e, -vas occupied by Soviet troops up to the end of 1950. Source,
who -worked in the installation as a glazier in I.ay 1950, observed that at toast
250 youx!g infantry soldiers were quartered in each of the seven 'arracks buildinCs,
Lost of them vroro red epaulets. They, were arraod with rifles and subs chine uns,u
There was little vehicular traffic Lhe so n' training, but
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tarUe training field north of the 011racks installation was being used by boviet
and Polish units and that firing practice was held there, (1) by
3. A residential area on both sides of Al,, ?'Io jska Polskiego,, formerly Falkenwalde
strasse, just south of Park Kasprowioza, formerly Quistorp Parks was occupied by
Soviet officers and their dependents,, (2) A construction, detail of about ?O wog-lone
under the corx-mnd of Lajor :Ungr Stepkov, (fnu), was housed at 113 Falkenwald,ez%.
strasse, LXeutenant Colonel Zakharokh ( phonetic spelling), (fnu), was Stepkovvs
superioro he detail detached skilled laborers for maintenance work on all soviet
billets in the area of the city and the harbor. Soviet hotels were located at 117
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Fa:lkenrralder Strassea ' 17 Hoonstrasse, and 7 ulo P. Wawrzyniakaap
formerly Alleostrassea
p The barracks ins on the southwest side of Kreckowerstrassee
quartered Polish roopa of about battalion strength. It consisted of
$ four-story quarters and 1 mess building. At the end of 1948 or the
beginning of 1949, the barracks installation was vacated by Soviet
tr?oot s who moved into the baaarracks installation on the other side of
the street with other Soviet troops already installed, The Polish
soldiers, who succeeded the soviets were all about 20 and 21 years old,,
and wore olive-drab uniforms and long trousers with leggings a Whey wore
visor caps when on town leave,, No heavy weapons or, trucks were seen,
A sedan occasionally moved into the installation, here visa only routine
training activity up to :day 1950, (3)
5. on the southwest
side of Falkenwalder Strasse, southwest of Jez. Blebokie9 forror1y
Glatheck Lake,, was occupied by a Polish unit. In September 1950,, source
observed four companies of soldierc marching toward the barracks
installationa il~e sraldiGrs,fron 20 to 22 years old,, were arned with rifles
and submachine guns o Flo trucks were seen o (4)
6. According to fellow workers the barracks instal.ation on ul. Lnkasinskiogop
formerly rTanlitzerstrasso, was occupied by another Polish unit. A Polish
military band was also stationed there? (5)
76 The garages of the former German Artillerie Kaserne on the northside of
ul, P cieja Rataja, former1y Paseaialkorchaussec, opposite the former
central cemetery, were used for the storage of construction material up
to early 1950? No soldiers were seen near these garages or in the
vicinity of the barracks installation. Source could not determine whether
troops were located in the barracks installation, (6)
8 Sari sections of the former German 2d Grenadier Regt Kaserne at is to 6 ul,
Potulicka, formerly Un ingenstrasse,, were occupied. by an SP(Labor Service) Ala
in late 19500 A barracks installation near Kreckower Strasse was occupied
by another SP Battalion. each battalion nuraberod about 600 mend (7)
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No Polish tank or artillery units were observed in $tcctt.in3 In September
1950 regir c-.nt of three or four
battalions returning to btettin from assn s, 1ho unit came from the
direction of Finkermalde (0 5?./Q 55) (8),
There was only a thin veneer of hurray betcreen Soviet and Polish
authorities. Source ropeatediy observed that the ovietc annulled orders
of expui.ion issued by Polish authorities. Geer ans were frequently protactod
by 'ova c us againc t Polish au-chori.ti.;s$ particularly in lodging; affairs"
Up to early Larch 1951., 3 p OOO to )!9,x}00 Gerr.ians were living in the city4
By order of the Soviet rsi.litar-y a dn.inistrationp all of them ware living
in the city quarters of TJ1O Bayzy , formerly Bethard nstrasA;o; u1.
Scrold ielema9 formerly ptiankcastrasse and ulo Dogur ily, forraerl Felix
11aI-an Strras;se, The 0o_r n club in the form-r I3ethanien Hospital was closed
dcriin in the fall of 1950 because of a fight between'Poles and Gerr:an% The
clubrooms were also used by Soviets for festiviti1sL
Comaents.
reported that the barracks instal?.at1on was occupied by
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about la200 Soviet soldiers with red-bordered black e iiletspin
rifddOctober 1950 The soldiers were allegedly assigned to the
Soviet sector of Stettin harbor. See
(2) This confirms statements of late larch 1951 by two refugees0
(3) The installation was allegedly occupied, in z~eptenber 1950 by a Polish
u'7OF (border Ord) battalion which is not confirmed by the preserii:,
report. The information that the troops had heavy weapons is indicative
of a WOP unit,, however.
(4) :information on the troops in the installation has been conflicting,
The barracks installation was definitely occupied by Polish troops
up to the end of 1950 and possibly by Soviet troops in early I951
(5) The barracks installation on the north side of u10 Lnkasirmskiego is
part of the barracks installation on the southwest side of u l,
Hialsiac ,aza which is occupied by Polish units.
(6) The former German A.rtillerie Kaserne was reported to have been
reconstructed as a qua' Lers for infantry troops in early 1?510
25X1 A (7) The installation was allegedly occupied by Polish troops in November
l95o.
(8) This information may constitute a confi.rration of the transfer of the
9th Tank Rsgt from Stettin to 6tolp0 The transfer allet edly took place
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