TRAINING OF SOVIET ZONE GERMAN POLICE IN GROSSENHAIN, STATE OF SAXONY

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 5, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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Trainincr of Soviet Zone Gorman Police in GROaSERBAIL 6tate oj!
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sources supplied the following information on the
training of Soviet Zone police wits in GROSSENHAIN (N 52/
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25xiTbxee Soviet Zone alert police nits totaling 750 men, were
located in GROSSEEHAIH. The units were quartered in the
former Husaren Kaserne at le,2o Eistewopa6aTstyasse
A N6oviet Zone police schoolP was located in GROSSMAN.
25X1 Students were being trained for commitment in action and
with messenger dogs
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25X1 Twenty tanks were detrained at the GRO6SZEHAIN RR station
for the local police school
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a, The soviet Zone police units stationed in GROSSENHAIN
totaled about 1200 msn,
25X1 h. . The units were armed with "99 1.V' carbines, "Oan pisto1er.
mortars', and model machine guns i?42,' and
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c. The units vere equipped wiGh 56 three-ton "Horch" trucks,
two ambulances, four passenger cars and twelve personnel
carriers. .
d. Effort vac made to have merabere of these police units
"volunteer" for the Democratic People's .rmy in Greeee
Three al four month police traininc courses were tAng con-
25x1ducted in the "Qovict Zone police school", located in the
former "Remonte L:chule".
25X1 The GROG04.1. police units were equipped with tanks and
motor vehicles.
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25X1 To Uoviet Zo-...;.e "police brigades", totalina about OW menv
were stationed in GdOsSILHIU.
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25)0 {.L;,,.a-"police brigades" 'Jere identical to the former
"alert police units."
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25X1 S2he U.00licbricades" st,..,:tioned. in (.1..,101-1,11L were surna:..ed
t Thaelraann",
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3. Eti 5 beliesiMdt1,;'; there i police sellool loc%.teJ.
in Gat.,,,d,A11:, "faSVO police unz2,erL:o inntry training in sac-
cessive courses. It Llay be 'safely ausamed thtg addition
to the por_ce uchool, the reported "police briL:ades" ars
stationed in Ga\dLiol]miox.hist,:sum,)tion is corroborated by
vas f..1ct that police unite WGa:0 reps,rlea located in the Husa-
ren L.:,-corne w1.:J2eas the pJliee *chool vac located in the _:emonte
b. 2110 "police briudos" presum:.bly are ..:eceiviz.?; replacements
gTj12 the police school and. :11eL;edly recruit volunteers for the
"Greece" ,rmy. The "police brides" are probably cadre unite
of .,;he "x:rlist Thaelmunn!' Brigade vP,:ict', simultaneously Zurniches
replz;cementu for the ?;recl: civil war. This assumltion i5 aup-
ported. b.?. the staterlent h,t ti unis were equip_.,ed :ith
veopons motor ve:ticles. AlthouL:a there iu no evido_ce th t
V.te C1=_ZL,:311::Ar.. police ic equipyed ?..cithanks, it can be asstmed
that =ltitJnIc (Iefent.e i hCi )racticed there.
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