MILITARY INFORMATION FROM ORANIENBURG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010600210001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 19, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 24, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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{~t 2:I .U W;r;Y Info xiation from Oranienburry
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l Al" OF ??K lit __., 2t? Nover0mr to 28 Decembrer 1)51
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agill~ry o iner.yc, in. 'thco restricted 71'ei.s,e A:,,adt area Oranienburg (11 53/Z 67).p
was, re:,>n _.eav rky the billotin? area with four other nf`i' cxar.. ar 1 cx^ .r
On. 28 'Tov'errbe+r 19513 1. x jor 7hkushin (frau) q supply officer of the 1O3-rri AT
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from Major T' anov (phonetic spelling) (.Cnu) who succeeded T jor
Icuski Ln (f av) th,,t the officers were returning to L"oscow On I Deeember1 the
lea n hats ,;e r of the PX in mess building No 10 was ordered to burn over the P i
to a 1'! )_, a;'. no It, truck,: neunting a rod 'ctntonna 6 to 7 meters high stood between
hu;i`Ldi.;,gs No 6 and 7r1 with a lead wire running from the anten,la to building
No ";?-3 ' learned that Lieutenant Colonel Knock" oy (inu)1,
cccr_aard.jnf; officer of a 76.2...rix:1 AT artillery regimont,, returned to the UnS.S.
on 28 `ko'venber for zeassi,r7.ar;aenu? (1)
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'::is billetin,, area of the ? anzer chi o soparat from that of the
4:3 ch:r, :niiausen concentration cam an Ly rri(?.e concrete roac o '7'.3.e
):fii.ldin ;s of the concentration cram. included 1o:-r m .,.)den ' ciuar ors v a
Inos-a= tal, workshops, h motion picture theat 'e9 a laundry an. electric
shop,, .yes:; halls9 a kitchen and a bakery .L'roops wore sec.i drilling with
saver. 152-mc artil~.ery Nieces. Colonel Gruenkhen (fnii) 1?rou referred to
as the com?iandin. officer in the concentration car. ?o _.1017 ver$ source was
root mire whether Gruenlchen -.Yac his correct nave Colonel 3konara
(fnu) was idontifie;.' as the a;Iain:i.t;trativo officer in the
1=znzor scxiule4 Captain Vasilenkov (Thu) was in ihar-c of maintenance and
German personnel in the concentration ca..r7
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tp to the middle of Docerabor, buildin: No 13 on Dianastr'asse at the
rare.:L enbur4 concentration carte was occuaspied by' the co 0,-,-car
c.f the tan': unit havin an upright rhor?b as its tactical a r:ibol; and
I.u3.]rii:1;; Il 119 by the unit's a(_hainirtrativo officer,, Lieutenant olo:ael
4;cri n rnov (1-30 ), W.io had truck at his disposal, The orderly 25X1 B
y oom o of t" lo unit concerned weree, locatod in buildinr- :To 113 on
Bornauerallee( The unit's cicrauty coy::iandcr? ?rat T,ioutenant Colonel
Hurklazzi~;csv (fra.i) , 11n addition to the hank unit with the upri; it rhor.ib, there
gore two other tank units billeted in the buildin-s bot:?ro?:.n Diana: trasse
.ar..d !ernauoralleea The orderly room of the second units, whose ac r _ iist;rativc 5X1
cfficcc~r. was Liautena_it Colonel Chuck (S'nu), was in build i? No 103; a:a:?
that of the third unit, whose administrative officer was lieutenant ~Coloanel.
I ichin1ynn (f~ ttt 1 .
oU voiaroe overheard soldiers saying that the ..l.d. eoncontrati.on car, north of
I'ianastrasFe quartered three tar.!; units, and that Lieutenant Colone?.
5karuppa (snu) was the adminJis-L^cative. officer of One of these units" 1. he
brick, -aa 1 I s parating the billatin,; area f ror': the tan's trainin_; area had
teen torn down in six :daces and gates erec vend , (3)
7 L:ajor : alogin (fnu), ap.arontly administrative officer in the Cranicnl--;r-
Cast: o?, left the post on 22 Ilovenber, a'l ly* for a 10 day indoctrination
course in Cottbus. he major previously told source that the it quartered
i;i the castle had boon in the Zehdenick---Vo-,el.sang area t :.rot fhout tho
,~ am ier (2)
8 L Leul:e"carat Colonel i;oskilco l (fns) s; core vmC yin,; o:6-' officer of a 76
~ ?t"i:.:?_Cry r e i opt in the rep tricted T.bisso tacit arcs told source t'_na"l. laic
s p u y officer, C:~a atain Kovalonl;o (fn ') , rrc.a l to Cottbus on 21 iiovcr bor to
a:,te;: d a 10 day indoctrii2ation corseh 'aa.:atain Donikov (fru)
"J_n zmo actin-
~ officer dvrirr this per iod -a;jo;' 'f kunhi.n (~'ma) sup ~1; o i icer of
t i ~_~;_1-?r~.i i art? ~~_ er yr ro 3i? 'nt 3 ;`''i :'.;r t e on 2 2 i e _+ G i ? r' 3 T7vGr.Ui8r for
r:.as.c J.g nmonta l.ir successor ::a(t not boon deternincd(, .,ource also learned
t. iat ioutona nt Colonel Knochlmv's do-)uty ;7a.a i.:a jor 'aldlarov (:"nu) (1)
90 1'a lal,e r;ovombor, source 1e ti'rjod. t'_?.;at the chief of? Vho _'1icrci73lce ::och
o:':t1ce had been elevated from the rank of najor (Tech) to lioute_ia.n.t
celornl,, The r:dlitary tolepliona excha. w7c sonar kilom,,ter ;nark No 1 5 on
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officers' billets
headquarters bui-ld ing
guard and administratio. ba:-1c1J- n-
urulc'_ks
ga.ra,es,g with lr bad-s for tanks a-zr9 .1.
repair shop
clubhouse for officers ~-,.nd i
supply build.in ;s
llieadquarters building
supy)ly buil(lin ~;s
'Li quarters
boiler ho-ace
sei undorgroU`1d uilfiolinc anci oil, c; ucrn e Dwil,.e ,
ro jocti.n``. 10" r:1 otorS ai)ovc Cac :rG C11nnd
kitehenc and Ties lial'.s
EL., quarters
headquarters and administration bu _ldixi.
so-cal-teci '. aldhaas, an of iccrs' mess
guardho,_ise
tank repair shops
undetermined building
under g-rou:id. fuel story bunker
tank rage
workshop sup ly buiidini.;s
clubhouse
undetermined build ins
tank ^arages
target range under construction
headq'larters building
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