1. POLISH LABOR BATTALION AND MILITARY TRAINING SCHOOL IN KLAUSBERG 2. MILITIA UNIT IN HINDENBURG

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 15, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 24, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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COU 'TRY Polish..occ,?nied Ger?..:anv REPOR ItU___
Top,,- 1. Polish Tabor Battalie:n and ::~:1 n = `i`rainin7 3chonl in Klxis nr o
2., i ;il-i.ti.a Unit in ffi ndcmburr
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Polish Labor Battalion and -i1-_-1,-2 r Training School in Klausbarg
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lm A relish labor battalion of 300 to 1400 raen orranized into four cenlisat.iea
was located, prior to Septa'smtoer 195O, in Klausberg (Xikula
!. ;) in a cantonment of five raooder. huts situated southeast of ;lam r rn
and directly south of the n: t Ludrri;;s lueck . The unit cen i.ste+a of 0 --
'o 2t ;;mar-old soldiers rnc~' had served their tine in the labor e and.
;sub equantly served in the arned forces, pursuant to the universal_ r: ainin
act, for two yoars. '!'hey worked underground in the pit Luc't :iga luc in
the morning and ur icxT ent nilitaxy training in the afternoons It r:w rumored
amor.- the soldiers fiat they were to move to another post after a p? iod of
one yearo During the training. the soldiers wore visor-type sarrict' cape writii
green bands. No weapons other than rifles were oboe ved, 1 -,-.:de i"ror
drill practices, sraatl parties were frequently observed m rchin; sup for,
record practice in a small woods crest of the torm. (1) 25X1
2. 1. billeting area, referred to as the military training school b tl pop-o-
l.,ation, was located in the ;: ruthern sector of Klausberg on _ treet,
The school included a three-story building, about 50 meters
Iona, z.- ar, _-le-a ~i.
Pied number of wooden huts gird a large athletic .field, In the :'.gala f I94`:',
it was occupied for the first tine by about 500 young Poles, rata anon'. lit to
20 years old? and volunteered for a nine-month course of instrut:ion The
trainees were last exc.h-iangc-d it the sprint; of 1950, Officers ar. i.' . s of
the ar:~rj wore -aced as instructors. The installation was coi-mn a _3d > -. a cal-
fain. The.traineos swore uniforms of black fabric silver ntto: ; bs:axr .r,.g
the ;sine :?rorlzcrs' insi nia, , hick consisted of crossed harriers, Th::? sar.*
d.ovive was mounted on t ire black garrison caps. The trainir 7 p'"~. ;ra included
drill with rifles, iv-cord ~rac ;ices and lessons on various uil.itnry : op:_cs.
This training was confined to the afternoon hours as the mar hdd, to -.- xk ir.:.
the it 1.b wohr CastellenCo in the morning.
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located,, prior to ;s ,usU 1!150, it the coutriern sector 't,
berC in the tad3i.m. The school. was occupied b: about !:('O i who
wore 17 or it)joaro old and included about 30 percent .'.ii'i':Jc