SOVIET TROOPS IN FRANKFURT/ODER

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 24, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC
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soviet 'Pro rrs in Franl `urt/Ock9r
EVALUATION_~-
DATE OF CONTEN
DATE OBTAIN
REFERENCES
DATE PREPARED 21axc'7 192
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1a On 20 February 1952r the Artf.__ .erie f:aserno on Au;uct-tebel-8traese;,
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Fr^ankfurtf c+dor (o~1 > ir}l is ), was occupied by a >out 8J0 troops who wore
r e -borc eyed black cpaulets r -th artillery insignia. Fifteen canvas-
covered AT :3uns a` d an undeterninod. device with the dimensions of V.
sound . detector ^ : e reen in Una barracks yard, About 120 soldi_ors,,
or,-anized into V irof ;ralip:s, drilled with carbines. , Four tracks towing
a 76.2-mm AT gmn each -arsro seen movie; out of the billeting area.
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2, On 20 Flebraaar ,,, '.,:ate :-luelow Ka Berne at the intorsection of Fuersteriwalder-
Poststrasse and +;,,12x. lerstrasse quartered about 600 troops who .,ore red-
bordered :)lack e caul eta with artillery iins i gniad About, 50 soldiers were
en,,,ar- d in rifle drill in the ;lard where about 24 AT guns 76.2--rum and
1; , Mr; were Parked. An arnored half-track vehicle was seen leaving and, later
ro-entering the banx acres i nstallati_on.
3a, On 20 February., 2 or 3 bu'.ld .n s of the northern sect- on of the :.ich3horn Ica-
srns on . 'ell.:rostor hands :ras e were occupiod', Only a few soldiers b;earring
b.g ac s:-.:,ordered epaulo va and several Soviet woven were noticed. The
southern section of the i stallation quartered about F00 troops who wore
blactk-bordered rod epaulets. About 20 soldiers drilled rith rifles in the
yard and 20 more soldiers received close-combat train?i n-? i orty more soldiers
drilled. with rifles and subm-chine .,uns on the nearby treinin- field.
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Un 20 Februa37:- ;t.,), th=tindenbu_x -; Kanorne; on a1u; ust-}iobel--Strasse was ocou-
pied by about X00 troops who wore rsd-bordered blachr epaulets Tii h tank in-
si. ;nia. Alb'-out 30 r di ers were seen en;.;a, ;ed in rifle drill on. 15 February"
tarks entered the irstall.ation. Ahca_,t l_c0 soldiers wer?50X1-HUM
s din ,urchin- i n"o the mess bi i1din; ;. Tanks moved out of
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n 1.5 r"e -rile -in, the iofba aver Ka_orne or za nhau :. alaleriwc uarterad
about 50 solo ._ ri with red-')i r,'1ered bla k Gip^u]etso Trlcks 50X1-HUM
hTuttled b trreen the 50X1-HUM
Installation aril t e railroad 8tationo They carried r:unerous officers
and sortie of all r ..r. ches of service. F .'orl 2 to t. t7r ueks Ater i
repaired daily in .front of the a.rmor;y.,
On 1.9 February, the "orrs Kaserne on Nuhner Chaussee was occupied by
about 600 troops who ,.ore red-',!)ordered black epaulets with tar k insi ;nia,
Several soldier s received instruction on dun in the yard on 50X1-HUM
1LE Februnr:va 't`ank; were seen moving out of the in- 50X1-HUM
atallation toward tine -arkondvrf training :Ezeld.. Abo)nt 30 soldiers
drilled rit the trainirr fold near the installation on 1.9 February. About
5-}.J rioro ar10 - with nifl.e-zi practiced mte.,rchirx on a 'Uit.s'racks
,y arch T,=tnkv 4 i) gun;,nd tr'uck'. 00 cu-
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pied by a bcia?. 0 glen t _t:' r r~-horderer?. black epa'a1ots drove into the
installation-,
7s, Ur: 20 Fobruarri, the t.ietien Ka:_aorne on Koperni?cusstrasse was occupied by
about 700 :,rcoq;as who arF red- ,,ordored black epaulets$ i ncluCing some
with tank and :arttl.l.cry i:u `.i;niae Ahou:t 140 soldiers, or anired into
aeven roupw`, ll were era;:;n;ec : t drill Brit d wit nout rifle; on 15 't` nbrw ry 0
Three tttrucks eaach carrying 20 50X1-HUM
soldiers v t?) . `e -:s7.r,` rEtd b a e a LOS^i .ere seen driving J_nto the.
i nstall^ ti.on.. Cy ne of the trucks towed an artillery piece of about 122- zri0
(nn 20 Fe'btruax a:bout; 2 i :aaeii practiced ith an artiller-y piece of about
12E az and vit"h ant)ther artillery piece of 76.2 rrm vwithout znua%zle ;brake,
Another 2O r =.c,rb wore enr-aged n rifle : 3.11 on the atalettic field,, 50X1-H U M
8n On 19 Itehriu-ir.r, t;ae Soviet kor r 1atura on `."u.schkinstrasse housed about 60
.ion who -,ore r t d? t c?~c,erec I,.i.cac . epaulets a:Id. black- aorde~red rec_ ep -u1 eta e
r:o training aac i:vi'-y was no"l.icedo about 1i:3 soldiers were en-,a~ed in
oh1ysical exex t ise. ?iicks wwas parked in front of the korme:ldg- 50X1-HUM
tu.r. a buil.din; 0
on 23 Fohnu r4y-. tY'iii=it:c'.e nburg Kaserne vwxcs occupied by troops who wore 50
red.. orderer epau].ets,. Frbrl E oo'to 900 troops foil in in the -,yard,
farr..ing an open scare, Abp ut 1.1.i) sc)lditers cart,azai d into tvwo groups
of ! assn e,,c h u nd wear sag redbordered. black epaulets, were subsequentl.;yr
,een leavin; t e installation, Armored veh cl s seer= entering and leav?-rz;
tale stallat;? s')n 50
-Ion 21 ar =2 F?:bru.ar-y; i in ttlribered JSIf-1>2 ;SP gPuns n nd 2
LIEU-2.00 gun,-s :br. 21 "'Wbraery; and. 2 JSU -.1td2 0? n, ns and 3 50
J 3!.U..- S)C 5? guns on 22 i'ebruary0
were a, entified.p
0n T 3t /35 tank ~ -was $Qen leaving the :oiethcn :a.serrr ors Kopernikus-.
otras se towaard th llindenhui%., Kaserno on 21 Februar,,,ro 50
each tovring a model 33 1.22- m field howitzer and
carrying 9 to : 1. soldior,, =;it h red-bordered b:Carl: epaulets., moved out of
the bil_letarcr irea tor-.ard the .'arkendorf training fields; They were
fr 0 soldisrs tho yore red '
t`ollot;ect !3J
bo: d rted blac,d entul e:tg.,
1 n th.e occasio-o of .\r?Zi Dal- on. 23 Fry iiary, about 100 men from each
ba:rr acks i-nsta:I.:iat,a on were c et, ahcd to rit less a ceremony at the Soviet
s-mnurnent; on ..m .A.'.lve>r ..here a wreath was laid, The miu taty post comnarim
darer sect ,.t .:iCX) to 9(;(' i:.a: ooos assembled there0 Sedans and trucks
o ;}aa kt'ed Ii.' ilf is 4])Z k.,j!`':l a
L2,. On 1,- 7 1?'eiDruarv . t j a i indenburg ! aserne on .l ;gust -is? he1 trasse was occuu-?
)ic d b.-)r about 0UJ troops whoa wore red -.ooi i.ered black epaulets, i.ncl'uch n g
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tanks aere seen entorin7 the installa-- 5
ton rrorl t troc ion of hoses- arten, Troops tai re seen policing the
quarters and ors .n trainten,, nce work on weapons and e uin^ient,.
11, On, 9 Etebru.aryl the material of the central con-
struction b reau of the 6+ech in the Hofbauer Kaserne on l.rnbaurnuehlen-
weg .`ias hauled to the Horn :iaserre on Luhr er C lauss ee., where it was
scored in a room wh:`.ch had nrevinusly contained Koch f xnitw r'e. The
garages of the lJofba uer Kaserne:? which were thus vacatod- in rn rrat irns~l
to the troops,
%'r+..icks
t ;ere seen :t.n one o =;? ~i"TI._. td?L ?arate hui in,1'"s in the
:Porn Kaserrnen They were driven by t errjar: oi_viicaiis.
Captain Topov (fnu) was chief, and a ussian civilians alotrslci (fnu)
was deputy ciziof of the Koch office, Lieutenant Colonel KlLmovs1ci (fnu)
was identified as t,] a con e- n ; Officer of the tank ? nit in. the ?Torn
Krlse rne4 ;s'ver r ~c:rr -!.n and noon, tyro JS tanks :::e e seen leaving the .in-
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for +ci2 .Fl V'? on dr *1r: practiced s.. twin kud'enko (fn1A~ from the division
headgt nrterr?s In a .er stan:Sra l.de l i' S31V 33) was transferred to the U , 8, 3,1
for reassi gnme jt ,
Vi,, On 21 F ebr'uar;,r, ?;? e T uelow '4aerna at the intersection of Fuerstenwalder-
Forststr:asse and `cr.:y_~.:ierstr*asse quartered about 700 troops who 'more red-
bordered black en.;lets, inc ludinpsome with artillery and tank Hsi nia.
Two officers cznd 11E men I 'Tearing, red--bordered black epaulets and equipped
with- three mortars errore men marching into the installation from
l?onen tar ten, ' ?.ro3 soldiers rri.th red--boa dered black epaulet: practiced
With two 76x,2-rte ZZ 3 AT urs and another 70 soldiers with red-bordered
black ee aeuleets were en; : Y;ed in rifle drill., Trucks
each 1-(Awing a 122...Prn artillery piece=, drove into the 'uol ;'
erne fron the direction of the Hofbauer Ka.--erne and were later seen
leaving the i3uclow Kasernee driving toward fosengarten,
i5,, On the evening of 20 February,,,, only a few of the billets of the l ofbauer
Kaserne on 3i rnbaun eh: + n3 were i .rhhte . About 150 to 130 soldiers
gore guarteP?ed ?t,'rr.F es The sentries wore red.-bordered black eoau3_ets.
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1()., On 20 Februar ,, the .rtLllerie Kaserne op fr.i3ebel?Ctrasse was occupied
by 800 to 1?Y000 troy )s who mare red-borderer' black epaulets rritY rti..l.lery
-,nsi.; pia . 'trout 100 soldiers were scion ?3"1; a e d in rifle drill and physical
exercise in 1;Y). y:y ard., J: truck towed a heavy artii le
piece into the instal.lrt.ion,, 5
i3n wean 12 and 21 Fe ?rtaar*`r, the Ilinder.0 a Aa.serne on Augus 1,-Bebe1-Strasre
quartered about );.a'0 :'troepe who wore :sed bord?.e:red black epaulets,, ;:o
.r ruin activity-,r -v=a? noticed,,
18l k''g3`67T`tiary '?Y:, horn Ksse;rne on uJiner Chausseo was occu=pied by about
;~t00 troops who
"s'1C: e3 --ed..hordered black epaulets with tank ,tns' is a G'ehic-
~_es a oco. leaving the installation included-, A half-track cored per.
ocrenel Carr, .er, caarMr