1. PEOPLE'S POLICE UNIT PRORA (1321) 2. MISCELLANEOUS DDR ECONOMIC AND OB INFORMATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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• Publication Date: October 16, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
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COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT 1. . People is Police Unit -P`:. of a (1321)
2 i cel.:i~n o .s "' ~@ eo bomic? and G:. Information
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DATE DISTR. 16 October 19%2
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People's Police "Unit Prora. (1;21.)
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The People?.s Police Unit, (Vbikspol:i.ze'iberei_tstchaf`eoa, Prora is ' Prora'
(N 55/P 76), Kreis Bergen, on the island of Ruegen. It is housed 3.r_ large stone.
s4?uc-tures .which were original l- intended to be rest homes for the it ier herr.,
Gewerksschaftsbund (Free German Association cf ade Unions )
20 Strength
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STATE
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED, ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIB.ITED.
The, P'rora. unit comprises about 3,500 me'rL, all of whom sre officers and r?o'na.&
commt's fbned.. officers a Upon in i.tiati.on of a draft this -un'i't will be
brought p
to division strengths
Organization wind. Eju1pment
The Prora, unit is organized as- follows:
3 infantry commands (rcg:i.mrej:;: s -. i"omra~ rad
1 a.r"i:,iller.y command (regimen) ? Command B
1 AAA section. (Flak,-Abteilur~g)
1. armored section. (Panzer-Abteilung)
1 combat engineer battalion
I. rerciznaissance section (Au:fklaerungsmAbtei1'u?'`g
I communications section.
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One staff .bait y directly user the commander of the Unit
Unit Commander; inspector (fnu) Pi:1.z , ( called "General Wind")
-political Offieerin PeopleYs Police Councillor (' 'F,Pa;t) (fnu.) 3r :irWkmann.
First Propagandist: PeoPlei's Police Commissw&P-Obe:rkommissa:r) (:fnu) Gerke.
Second _Prapagandisto Peoplets -'police Commi (f:nu) Nehis
(the ..propagandists are respt ible for working out the political course hours),
2) Party ControX 'Commission (Parteikontroflkrmniss:i.a:n) (PcK)
Chief: People 's Police Councillor (fn.u) Vierkarit
3) P t en'tatives of the unit comman.der
Representative for Command A: Commussar (f:-au) Jae:c:i:i.cka.
Representative for Oommand B: Commissar Frei.tzof F:raake (formerly a major,
in the Carman artillery and a teacher at the
- artillery offi.Oerst candidate school)
Representative for Command C: People"rs Police Couti iilo:r (fnu) K:oospe
Infs .*r. Cc mman.ds
Staff f
(Thief of Staff
(f W) Brueckner
First Aide to the Chief of Staff: People's Police Crmrmi.ssar (f`rru) P :,e;ri
Second. Aide to the Chief of Staff: People's Police Commissar Qru) ScbmIlf,
Third Aide to the, Chief of Staff- None at present; the former aide vas
dismissed as inva,pebJ.e
a o Unit Command (Ber?ei: tsc'ha-tskommandg. ))
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Political. Officer f6r?_the First
Command;
Political Officer for the Second
Oomman th
CO of the Third Commando
Political Officer for the Third
Commands
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1)= personnel
People t s Po:iiee kF%r-ac;,cilll.ozr (`~"P
(fnu) Rhr'r
Peopi.ef's Police r'omrrri.sssr (f`ri.u) a.ewer ::c>z
People's PoKee Aeu:nF i.ll.,or (' -Ra;;?;),
(00) WON
People Is Police jounci.l.lor (fn.) dolt.
People's Police Commissar
(fnu.) Lanz
Peoples Police Councillor (Thu.) Ueinr:inh
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2) Orga.rsization. and a pment.
Each infantry command is made up of three battali.on.s, each of which is
divided into three companies. Each company contains three -platoons (Zuege)
and each plattoon ortains three squads (i";ruppen). The strength of a squad.
is 1.:9. Besides the above-mentioned three battalions, each infantry command
has:
1. mortar battery equipped with 1.2 x 81. mm. mortars of Russian origin
1 antitank artillery battery equipped with 1.2 x 35 mme artillery pieces,
Long *b';&;(ueberlang) of Russian origin.
The Infantry units (Einheiten) have the following arms:
carbines 38 (762 mm. of Russian origin.)
submachine. guns 41 (6062 mm. of Russian origin)
machine guns DP (7.62 mm.. of Russian origin)
machine guns 08-Maxim. (7062 mm. of Russian origin)
pistols (7;062 mm.)
e ~ Art:i.llery Command
Personnel
Battery 4:
Political Office:: Peoples Police Commissar (fnu.) Neumann
Or. ganizat:i on ax. d ",:qu>>pment
The artillery command is composed of one headquarter. s l battery (Fuehrungsbat-terie )
with a. surveying unit, etc.,, and the fo l lowi:r..g six ba t;teries:
:Batteries 1, 2, and 3: Each composed of 'three platoons; each platoon has
four 76 mme guns (Ratsch-Rum) ('bi.c)
:battery 5:
Battery 6:
d. AA Company
Peaplers POli :c ommi:ssa;r ('4 r- t?ber.?sommo ).fnu.) Bolax.,.Gw
Equipped with !E. x 1.22 mm.. or 152 mm. howitzers
An ar? t tank artillery 1.1.e:ry un:i t equipped with 12 x 75 mm.
or 122 mma guns
A -mortar unit equipped with 12 x 81 mme or 1.20 mme
heavy mortars:
Peoplets Pclicse Oomtpi.ssar-(,i aur..Perndt
Political Officer: Peoplets Police Commissar. (fn-u.) Lehmann
OrgaTM~ization and Equipment:
company is comprised of 6 batteries and is equipped with 36 guns ( 20 mma,
The
35 mme, and 88 mme,"long barrel), all of Russian origin.
e. Armored Section (Panzeralateilun.g)
Personnel.
C0: PeoplSs Police Councillor (fnu) Reimann.
Pol.itida1 Officer: People vs Police Commissar (fnu) Kehl
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An unspecified number of T~3l s and assault guns (Sturmgesehuetze)of Russian origin.
f. :"cainbflt Engineer 'Battallbn
O: Peoplets Police Commissar (fnu) Voth
Political. Officer: Peoples Police Commissar (fnu) Manesch
F la3.pme,~'t:
Unspecified amounts of blasting powder, bridge-building equipment, and other
combat engineer equi.pmentA: all of Russian origin.
g, Reconnai.ssast;e Section
C; O:
Political Officer:
Russiar-make armored stout cars
Peoptet's Police Commissar (fnu) Polz-ten
Has been changed
b.a CCommun.ication.e Section
Ferso:r-nei:
DSO: Peoplel's Police Commissar (fnu) Fink
Political Officer: Has been changed
~',t~u.i.pment;,
Field telephones (Fe:Ltferns~recher) of Amerl.c:an origi.tna
o Fi el d pal
Chief Commissar (0nte:r Komma)(fnu) Grueninger
Miscella.caeou.s Economic and CTff :r,. crination-
4 o s tie net industry located In Schl theim .:(M 52/J 09) in Kreis Muehlhausen/T.huringia has
received the order to . manufa*tore.. 8,000 camouflage nets ('3arr..etze)o The nets are to
be 6 x 6 meters with a mesh width of 50 c.m.a ; they are tto be painted green with strips
of cloth (Staffstreigen) o From June to. October l952 y about- 1.1500 pieces are to be
del.i.vered.
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she cutting off (Abschnuerung) of the S-Bs- .(Berl:.i.c's mu rAr-Apal railway) and the rail
ring (Umgehungsba:bn) was supposed to havve.been campl.e t ed at the latest by 1 August 1952
:E",xper-t.s have s tated,howev , that material shortages would make it impossible to
meet thl.s 0ea,dilnee
The Hei.r7.kel plant at the..7r.^an.ienburg (N 53/Z 67) airfi.eli. is. supposed to be rebuilta
the. necessary background research has been conducted and the Russians have allegedly
declarred- that they are prepared t return the ma.hine tools which they formerly
dismantled. The Russians do not intend at the present to -put the- airfield b .ck into
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operation. The airfield and the buildings of the "Sehemm;-Schule" which belong to it,
along with to houses on :-' reitscheidstrasse .(formerly Prnst HeinkelstraWe), are to be
placed at the disposal of the Peeples Police (Vc lkspolizei) and built u' as a Police
P:.-.ng School. Preliminary work on this project bad already begun as of 7 July 1952,
At that -b-ime only a small company of Russian. Air Force soldiers were at the field,
perf ing guard duty. With the exception of the Heinkel plant.. the area was being
cleared of scraps including scrapped.G erman and. Russian planes; scrap was hauled
by truck tea the DBZ Schr?ott erswa.lde (N 53/V 58) Oranienburg office (Nebenstelle)
collection point on. Sachsenhausenstrasse,' directly on the road going toward Norden.
Iron scrap was being loaded .to rail cars on the spur line (Gleisensehluss) and
then transported to 'M-Testa Stahl- -un.d Walzwerk Riesay VPB Vesta Eisen, und. Stahlwerk
Groedi.tz, and VV.B Vesta Stahl and Waizwerk Hennigsdorf. . Light metals, on the other
hand, were allegedly being transported to the USSRS
10 OOommenta At every level the CO and the Political Officer have equal
authority and equal responsibility.
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