SCIENTIFIC ORDER OF BATTLE : U.S.S.R THE OBERSPREE WERK (O.S.W.) IN BERLIN

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• Publication Date: January 1, 1947
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cr'?TTTTIPIC OIL BATTIE U.O.3.1;..
St'ii.LPY. T e Obersprco~,rerk is a large establishment devoted
to the design of thcrnionio valves and signals
equi;,urent. Its on the desi ;r1 of valves and
,-.->.,:ation for their rm ufacture in Russia is
>ro ~ab7.y fw ~cuacntal to I,,ussian si_;na]s devolopr_icnt,
espeoiall;r in i cedar anrl- ult;.-a short crave oor :iunica-
tions. The or,,vni:~at ion of the 0.73.'W". on October
21st 191.6, is doscxrued; do oortations to Russia
0,1 that date are Rol;od., but insufficient inforiiation.
d.s available to clacir:~T Izassian --policy concerning
dot o"tations frcr"i O.V.,7.
1. TNI MOD C'TORY.
. gave an account"*rorgarlization which the
Russian Ministry for tbo Eloctrotechnical Industry has se+ to in
Berlin 'or the e.Tloi_tation of the Ge ran Industry. Attention ;ras
called *'o two branches of the cr.gani^zticn ,,~,,Ich had boon sot up 12i
the sane 1)r _tisos o:t Ilin-Obo soh}`?1a;pride, Ostendstr 1-5, forr.,.crly
on A.E.G. facFor:;r, Those t.ere res~,ec;ta~,v?,~T the LKVO under STIfl?L,
slpec ali.sinc in tork on thexn.iicnic valves, and the 1W, under IGJUGE,
working on signals problems.
Those two Croups bore later 'ulalLlriatod and have grotm
to boeor_ro one of the l rgest organizations maintained by the IiLEP in
Dorlin the, erg ration has boon la mm for soi_ie tine as the OflER-
This paper the intelligence available concern-
in the and sots oat its structure and organisation, so far
a~s it is lmorm to us, on October 21st, 19116, the date on which the
fi.xst large scale deportations of Gexmian technicians to Russia took
place. Smlo ro_.-arks on the &;por tat i ons of staff from the Tremor
are also included.
2, TILE ORGAd?IZA T:=ON ON OCTOD.EIi 21: t L22~. _
Good intelli gen-o is available on the organization of the
T":nrks, from which a series of charts has been drain ix) to show the
si x acts . 'o of the various dopart._u:nts. (Charts I - 10). On the Rus-
sian side, the works are controlled by Lt. Col. BOLDYR, a physicist
and technical expert, -uid Major DTI GiGj1B , the adr_iin.istrativo chief.
A r_'ziber of other R. s: i.c rr have been identified, of .hom details are
given in' an appendod li:it.
The Gexr_>.l.;ter3) ?
Them.; iJJ no evidenco of the existence of any other Institute
under Rua sicn control carrying out similar work on the design and plan--
ning for manufacture of Specialised modern types of valves, althouj
there is Sol-IQ 1:ork going on in other valve plants in Germany and Russia,
and some development of cathode ray tubes and similar devices for telo-
vision and other vrork is carried out in an establishment at Arnstadt
(T'harin,;ia). It may well be, therefore, that the ;cork of the O.S...".
in this field is fwdcxiontal to the :bolo Soviet effort in ultra-
hi_gh frequency ca.m..unication and radar techniques.
The sigials ~)ro _;ra;_~ae is believed to include work on such
projects as Ra&ar, Dect.ioter -crave con .iuni,sation systc_:.s, Direction
finding'., Radi..o Navigational. aids, and high po or transmitters for
various pu%7o3es. A great deal of this work is du )licated in other
InStitutcs,- and. although it is of considerable i:.lportance, the uork
of the 0,3.77. is proba) .; not of such unique importance as it is in
the iiattor of valve design and manufacture.
The valve section also devotes attention to cathode ray
tubes for Radar, Television, etc., and to X-ray tubes and other devices.
1+ MUR)RlTATIONS TO i USSIA
There is evidence that at various tines during 1946, valves
and valve making machines r ;re sent to Russia. nu-lours of the moves
of technicians prior to October have also boon heard, but not
Sub- The first major ;..love of personnel to Russia took place
as part of the large : ease deportations on October 21/22 19.6.
It is not easy to discern clearly the policy follovred in
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the deportations of O.S.T. workers. In the attached charts, the
n^a.ies of those Imo,,-,n to have boon deported are i.,v rked X, those
boli(yved to hwro i)eon :k:ri ed for dci~ortotion, or actually deported,
but ,.ho escaped deportation on route with an (X) and those not do-
Ported v.-Ith an +. It ,-rill be soon that those deported soon to
have been picked in a soi_ievthat haphazard tray and it cannot be
stated that any l,articullr suction or sections verc...,,,-.rked for do-
portacion.
The position is nade :ioro difficult by thu insufficieicy
of evidenoo eonoerninl- the lame nw 1 or of ?..rorkors vrho viore probably
11arked for deportation but succeeded in uvadin-" it. There is a
further difficulty since the nn_ibor of oncilliary, and ;?articularly
of mrksheip staffs, attached to the various 'branches, and the propor-
tions of these staffs ears orke(I for deportation, are not knovm. If
interrogation of those remaining in Berlin enables us to specify
more acouracoly lahich workers i ore intended for do )orcation and
vahich here not, it nay bocono possible to obtain a clearer idea of
the Fassian intentions,
January 1947
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LIST OP RUSSL'LNS IDEPTIFIM IN CONICCTION ;,'ITIH TIM O.S.1i/.
MG Vice-Ac]riiral In Mosco;:: concerned with the
deportations of Gexaan technicians
to Russia, and previously identified
in oor_neotion with recruiting of Gomm
scientists. Probably Engineer Vice
A&.-dral A.J. :per , corresponding maa-
ber of the Acaderiy of Sciences; a
specialist in Radio enginoerinZ.
BOLDYR Lt. Col. Teclvzic al supervisor of 0.5.17. D Q_
seril,ed as a physicist. Reported to
have floim to Russia after the October
deportations and to have net with a
fatal accident on route.
3OGOIJUBOV Major Responsible for provision of rave A:uateri-
als at O.S.117.
DflVYATKOV Major Said to be renaming at after
the Oc-cober deportations.
GLIC-M:ZAP!N Lt.Col. las at O.S.';T. for a tine with Lt.
SUTO1 IIN to study decimetre wave cOra-
nunicatiom oquiluient. Now believed
to be working on this in U.S.S.R. De-
scril)ed. as an excellent technician.
KO'3SIIi
"Q or
An engineer: specialist in Tungsten
and Holybdenuri.
01 = EN
i:iajor
Said to be ro:_iainin at O.S.U. after
the Oeto75er deportations.
POT 0RSIa
Major
An engineer: Said to be rnainins at
O. S.:r. after the O. S.'.'. deportations.
=TS
Captain
CUTOTtLaIT
Lt.
'Was at O.-%_.:. for a tine with Lt. Col.
GLICIit:!IM1N to study deciretre wave oeri-
rtunications oquiticnt. Nov belioved
to be working on this in U.S.S.R. Do-
scribua as an excellent technician.
TSC?Mr1E'.aN Major An engineer: Said to be renaming at
0. S.17. after the October deportations.
TSCIIRKkSOV Captain
TSCIIOKIN Captain Naval officer interested in the work
of O. S. c7.
1-1E[DGRTJ1 , Major
'WORONKOV Captain
An export in riachine construction.
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Lt.Col. BOLDYR (Technical)
Maj. WILDGRUBE (Administration)
Dr. Steimel (German Director)
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DEPART
DEPART:CNT 5.
DEPART1:i'ENT 6.
=ARTI:u.NT 7.
ILEPA 1i NT 8.
IEPARTb= 1.
ItEPARTE T 2.
DZPARTLNT 3.
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VALVES
CO} PONENTS.
JPPARATUS
GENERAL
TECHNIQUE
WORKSHOPS
M/NUPACTURE
CENTRAL
TECHNICAL
!,Tlr,D:NTSTRATICH
I1EPT.
XEr. Kotowski
XDr. Richter
Goslar
XDr. Spiegel
+Dr. Granitza
In all charts the following symbols
preceding names signify:-
X Known to have been depcrted.
(X) Believed intended for deportation but still in Germany.
+ Not deported.
CH&RT I
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DEPARTMr 1T 1.
VI LVLS
XDr. STBIMEL
Frau Raczynsky
TRI N94ITTING
VALVES
+DR. HAJLSTER
REMI NG MA L RONS
VALVES
+SCI L (X)DR. FRITZ
(or SCHIFFT;L)
Bonne '
(X)v. Dubn
XGerbach
Jelitto
Teehn.ici-Was in Dept, 1.
X Dyadow
X Wiener
X Dittel
X Ziegenhagen
X Pfeifer
GASPI n X-dY CATH
Ecke
Heckeler
Hensler
Rtinger
Sittel
XStnhn
Frau Kurz
RAY VALVE
Mir
Baler cIkonoscepes)
Bcckerls)
XDirbach
(or Dierbach)
IIaxchenberg
(Special projects)
XDr. Kiang
(OscilI.ograph tubes)
K8vring
Dr. Otto Petra+trschek
Fri. Parant
CHART II
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Di PLRR'L NT 2.
GOI POI 'NTS
GRUNDR
XDR. 1 FALTER
JGger Dernc? XGu zke +TTeiss
Otto Bier. sack XDr. Bechraxm Sprung
(X)Ribbentrcm Xv. Brack Schiffer Frederking
R5sse1 G'3ring
Schulz, Bertho1 d XDr. Hermann
XScl l8rLilch (Detectors) Dr. Holzmaller
Schmidt, Walter Micke
Vogel Pelz
Wagner. Dr. Pra.ig
Frl. Disews'_ti VTachenhusen
i rl. Schulz Xu7cza.
Fri. Gootschlingt
Frl. H ptner
Fri. Stalin.
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MOT III
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XDR. ROOSMTSTLIN
XPROF.
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XDR. KAT
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Brondler
+Dr. Bruckrwin
XDr. Had
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Bruch
(AERIALS)
(Apparatus)
Lernocke
Belling
Dr. Wendt
Dr. Buchrann
(Theory)
Herrmann, jlolf gang
Dr. K3rncr
Krischlce
Ludwig, Herbert
+Otto
+Rudolf
Si ems, Hans
Thar.~ri
Unger
+Ztlrng. obi
Frl. Driebe
Frau Fevers
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R0c;1
XGRIr,1 XDR. SCHUT-
LOFFI,'L
XDr. ogi KZ. ganke
XBause(n)or
Dr.Bausenhart
Backe
XFeusner
XF18r
Ql3ldnor
Hirsch
K8hler
Kroger
Machtd
Prouss
Riessner
Dr. Rohde
Schrader
TMge
Wilde
Wolf
Zimmermann
Frl. Ruda tz
Frl. Schiattmann
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DuPARTL1,
G1.,RAL TCHNIQUE
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I DR. RICHT.
1 TALC A C :.yT1iLLURGY TUNGST ? AND Cf.ISTRY M STS OF TECHNICAL
TECHNIQU
L:aG ER LUTE;REvCK P NZ
(^ X GROBE
M (03 G30Tt )
M
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X GRUW X DR. ZII 3-131 R
(Analysis)
SCHCKM
(production)
CATHOBES
DR. A ON.
G,-:!.LW V.
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WORKSHOPS
GOSLER (or GOSSL/,R)
?'r:~VE VALVE Iu~D
LLTOTRO]I S CIRCUIT
COiIP 'TS
Bilk-
Fischer, Helmut
Graczkowsk!.
Hermp-m, Gerhard
Mettke
M11er
Rabe
Sed erg
Sch`5n
Stclle
+~ ackermv
^e':zel
Frau Krenz
r C1:II'WI AND ]LSI IT AND TOOLS' AND 1 UFACVm
OV T Cc wuTING DQUIl' ' dT I
CONSTRUCTION
JOIN KI,OSE Xf+ A IIOf Ki'A
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V.,LVE CONSTRUCTION L CH t.PPL TUS GLkSSBLO:TING, CLTHOIIE X-RaY
1ORKSHOP TOOL SHOP CONSTRUCTION SHOE' CONSTRUCTICN CONSTRUCTION
SdCP
XDRESCHER XSCHNEIIIR Xf1I RZOG XLAIPOLD XROTH VBURG XSTAHN
Rothe Schmidt, Erich Haffner
Franke Schmidt, Hermann Kirchner
Mogge
07 workers (21 workers (11 workers Richter, Lax
deported) deported) deported)
Other Technicians in this Dept. X Sch8n
X Kobe
X Zirmerr.iar n
X Has so
X -LI,Iarchner
X Foerster
X Sinon
XRunge
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Dat sel
Bretf eld
Frl. Bentin
Frl. Blerm
Olescl Litz +Kuaze
GII 1 ' VIII
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MflIISTRATICQJ
+DR. GI 1 'ITZfi
FIN' ICE
EST LISITh 2VT BUYING STORES AND
SE ION M. SPA
/ _.= MICHAI Burl et
TREDE I.iatthies
?'euster Schulz, Peter
Luc vig, Otto Frau Geyer
Mehl
I
Sch8nian
Becker, Georg
Burmeister
Frl. Bock
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