MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE TEMPLIN TROOP TRAINING GROUNDS

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2003
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• Publication Date: August 11, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC- !'?ili-tarp Tnformation f . r o r i the Teznnlin Trooi:i Training Orour ;s
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EVALUATION I W! _-..'LACE OBTAINED
DATE OF CONTE 1212
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Z V,`7, OBTAINED
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REFERENCES..._
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PACES -3-L _EN LOSUPE:3 (No- ii 1vrc)
REMARKS
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During the period from 30 June tc 5 July 1252., there wa intensi-t-e tra.iniri?, activity-
including firing practice, drill iri.th a ~r;tilt ri_fi.es entrenching practice,
telephone construction practice of small group,,: of soldiers in the vicinity of Carp
Vogelsang at the Tei pin (IN _5 /U 31) troop tx?air : y ,:? grounds i; r, sar,:;'e-cale c canhat
practices were conducted, f3rictis an:-. other construction material t:cre hauled to
the area west of Tiazzr_e i s ~x n 3ridge between Kan. ~.enburi and 13chulzenflies and therefore:
source conclizled that the :tEer barracks installation will be built there rather than
west of Vogelsang railroad :st_iti one, 1To additional barracks i r constructed st of
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2, During the period from 30 June to 3 July, , source determined. t~rt r-; cantonment
consisting of riot less than eight barracks quartering troops with 'lack--boroxr'ed
black epaulets and red?,vbr.rdered black epaulets with artillery insignia was situated
on the eastert. share of (rosY:racter Lake,, Sourz saw five trucks with pentaons, 1.0
pontoons aireadr unloadec and several rotor r:c, y.s? on the cl orec, F- I
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L(,., . truck i Ca.s.'.y inp bar racks sections passed throuf;n : osS ne ! on
ccrnin,-. ircx^z 'she di:,,-:cation of T{uxtvcr,l.ar; and p oceedi,. g tot?r rd 3roas\raoter,
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If our frame saws
3,n.-We words east of (1-- ninewald were used b- Imn- et, troops for the cuting of 'boar s
which were then hruulcd to Camp Gros,,-,vaetor-LL1ce,, (3)
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ni, Y.luy:.lerous trucks,, and several. tanks were
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observed or... ter Lake, L, rar_ east 7 %~~?Zr.Ie4 iclc on 29 Ju! 25X1
1 cercis;:s I vol-'rjng a total of about 70 trucks 25X1
6;. On 12 July, source determined t1-hat a stri.-x;, 2r, rioters w-ide. and allegedly
destined for the construction of a spur track to Granenwald. was- cleared :Cr?c,rn
the Vogelsang railroad station .at rd to Deutschbcden The clear-"m of
woods for Carp C."u newa1.d had started,, Three fra, saws -we re in cjpevat'ic?n. (, )
l ~ At the beginning of July :_952, source ler:.r. r ed 25X1
that the troop quarters it t.;ar.:p Vog'elsazn.C' and Ctanrp
Ilax e spring at 'the Temnl _n trco tr in r:r? grounds were to x'eplaced by 25X1
permanent bnrrac; by 1 October, Two hundred masons and TO carpenters here
needed yl,.. ~ t'construction of f the bari'~#Cic-.~ r9 "r.a-u the V1,7.3 Kxeisbaubo tr1.eb
r construction and ~ ' ~
(county building enteipri-se) in, Prenzlan. -war to be charged .11th the
execution of the project, (2)
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During the parted from .1 to 3 J114r;, the troops iron C;a 1, It _elspring
were engaged. in '.: ombat firing with rifles., submachine gun, ,s and light
rnach._t.rn e',vns, in:3t,ruction with rocket launchers, orientation in the
terrain by means o if prismatic compass in groups of three iren mith
rifles and light equipment and ttephore construction pnE,. tice in the
vicini_tT of the c:a :
about 89Ji:)C cons'rrlct:ion :roW?re;cs amuse to be cetached, to 25X1
the ~~IE'Ti~^?annsdc,r_' ~o"eisan area to build', a new railroad line and a miiii.Lr'
rastalla'.i on..:,
The railroad line -,-:as said to ? tr;. frT,~:, r;"ilr.~ex?sr' nr
(11 CarrZ Vie') in P soutl-~.crlyr direc .i_or, to i"..::.zu;ersb r via. Gr -s Schrencbs ck, !,.t
the t 1nC_ of QQ `~T g k- Q?` Y a t':? ca ( '".: 1. or the e r i C :~'~:f 1' a ti' 7'y re under i 1 :un
Vogels frig and Vietiman ?dor7' o sLn ungi eer t~~,tated ".I ,0a a :'. uo'.Piiay via,-: tr be
in the area of V:;.r'cmar. twsd!oonf.: (2)
cm-, ennts
(1) rix t LC [1i 5 to i!;z.icate that no chra.t :es oC.c u 1'
Camps Vo ;elsara.g? Fannezibung and Haar_- e1spr??i:_no?~
activity and sup,-:31y traffic are considered normal
(2)C'rr the basis of ;r?ev ioc.:s reports, it was "L at nev, barx'a5 ks
i_nstallation.s scheedu_._ed to be built west of the Vo ,"elsan Y ra.tlroau
station and in t "re area, of Cax::p Iia7nr,1Elspr-.'1_nE
(3) The information confirms he butl _ins' project vMc :4 wi:I..1_ prob;YbI2 be a troop
cayrij. i,n n-rt- 1... r:'1..:'~.~~?.c......7 ~:I' i aEtc.l" i ~i.i."a~. on 'f:,)';.e
in dc,"f and
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eastern shoe of Crossvaeter Lake titz'ich has already beon occ A-ed by enE'i_neer
troops The arrival of tracks of the 7th Gds Tank Div
and the 1,)T. :;CS 1a 1_c ac WI egai,, ment as well as t`ie apl..earance of
motor veh3 c;les of the 2Sth Tank Div of the S Gt'r .~ni: ~? ;3n cy :the X,Y{TT,TI. :mss -.`,tz
[Zi,','_lis Cor!)u s a rd, er troops s of the 1!0th. Gds Tan k. Div make it a ;:ear that
r?c., e~i' en.=-i.ne~ ~
an old trainin rounds there is being, enlarged and, ?osr.ihly, will be chiefly
f or elements of Fourth Gds ?'rcz Amy, F urtber inforioat i on is required to
determine iY'iothor this training grounds will be sed only as e:aer,=ency trainin,;
,row-da until the corr-letion of the :auilc.?inns in the ern'lin troop training
area
(L:)Presuriably, elerents of the 122d . (?) Gds '-,nr~r Pr? of the 7th Ods "rcz Div as,
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,,tent.frrm Tem-rlin to Lieherose on 1.2 July 25X1
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