VOLKSPOLIZEI BEREITSCHAFT NO 211/17 IN BRANDENBURG-HOHENSTUECKEN

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 23, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY (Rue iaa:n Zone)
SUBJEff Va1kap o1izei Bereitachaft No al/17
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1. VP Beraitcohra;f^t No 2.11/17 was in a raot'rly constructod sotuament in
1'a,,nclcnl'purg4Ifohlonstuock:on prior to 16 Janu.ar~,r 195'1? The houses had
bean converted into troop quarters, The entire aroa iias aurrouraded
a boars; 'r nco and b watchtowora erected about November 19! 0Q
2? The VP fercitschaft ,o S...adre unit with an actual Strength of
about 1,,530 man and an authorized strength of 2000 capt for 30
enlisted for sonnol, the unit core )rased of ITCOs and officers ex-
clusively. The }3oroitscha ?t was organized into your Infantry ko r>dos
with an authorized strength of 300 mm rach, in ar?clition to artillery,
AAA, AT, close-combat tank doatroyers,, engineer, motorcycle and taroks
Mll,toiluangen of 103 fen cache, This co..1-)osition of a VP ?+ereitsc:.a't
allegedly conrczaa to the -)attern planned for all VI' I}eroitschaften in
the reorganization in progress : ince rid-Hoverabor 13 04,
Leading personnel of the Bereitechaft inc?!udod
VP Ins,' kt :ur^ -a,-,nor, (frau) - cor. andina , officer, ~
V11 Oberrat Thhi elm-la, (,frau) - '! st da'auty cc zaander? and chief
VP Oberrat otonsen, (.fnu) - 2nd dojuty co miandor and chief of staff
VP (7lser-rat 3aenn,er, (gnu) - director of training?,
VP Ior ndeur 3chielkas (.frau) - in charge of technical matteers
VP Koranaarrdeur 'ietzow or netzuc
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VP R, t '"'olk, (fnu) --chief of the signal section
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VP Kommissar Roth, (fnu) - chief of the personnel section
VP Komta ssar? !,,ohlfeld, (fnu) - head of the unit's orderly room
VP Rat Schwarzmeyer, (fnu) - attached to the PK section
VP Rat Kolbensee, (fnu) - attached to the ?K section
VP Oberrat Bitter, (fnu) - liaison officer to the Soviet Arrw,
VP Rat Hoffmann, (fnu)
-- chief of the administrative section,
VP 0bjrkaamrtis sar Zahn, (fnu) -~ deputy chief of the administrative
section
VP Oberkozmai.ssar ralkenhagen, (fnu)
finance officer
VP Oberkommissar Fluagge, (fnu) w in charge of clothing and equipment
VP Oberkormaissar Pohnitz, (fnu) - in charge of fuels and lubricants
VP Kozi.ssar Ltartel, (fnu) -? billeting officer
VP Komnissar Schulz, (fnu) - motor officer
VP Kommissar Hoffmann, (fnu) - mass officer
VP Meister T7'istuba, (fnu) - ordnance materiel officer
Four Soviet liaison officers were jlso attached to the Percit; chaft head-
quarters, including one ranking; as VP Inspekteur, one as VP Korasnorndeur,
and two as VP Oberraeto o There were also four interpreters., including VP
Igor. ti ssar Kudera,, (mnu), and VP-0-Obertwwachtmeister Adler, (fnu),, the Bereitc~chaft was equipped with one Soviet 122-mm gun and one soviet
76o2-i AT gun which only officers were trained to use; medium: and light
mortars; model 34? 42 and Maxim machine guns; model 90-K carbines; model
44 submachine guns; some German and Soviet automatic rifles; models lt:aer
and Mauser 7.65-rota. pistols, itr order of the ilVA all node is 08 and 8
;pistols had to be turned in late in Doco: ber 1950F, .L "'he -:eaions Of the ;:ondor'
abbteilungen were to arrive not prior to the end of January or the iogi._ ring
of February l9S1 e
The only ann. nition available at the tine eras infantry arnunition which :was
stored in ;mall ammurtion bunkers,, Two trucks loaded with explosives -wer?e
divpa tched to the VP school in Priener in late December. l7''0$
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6. The engineer equipment of the deactivated 9th and 10th VP Bereit-
sabaften in Brandenburg, including assault boats, pontoons and
bridge-building equipment, was being kept at Peetz Lake,
7, ,The VP Ptrei tschift w na AnninnM rri th 7TR -l r.,n ct
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-1 I motorcycle and Avo motorcycle The Bereit-
schaft had a filling station of its ow.n, ccor .nng to an order of
the HVA issued in early January 1951, monthly gasoline rations were
issued on the following basis: per truck gasoline for 2,000 kin (40
liters per 100 km); Per passenger car-gasoline for 1,500 to 2,000 Ian
(20 liters per 100 km); Per motorcycle-gasoline for 1,500 to 2,000 km.
(a liters per 100 km).
8a Besides theoretical instructions in tactics, and instruction relating
to the various branches of service, infantry training was the only
training given in the field. The training schedule was intended to
train platoon and company leaders. A small training field wqs located
1 km east of the quarters of the T3eroitscha't,
9, the VP Bnreitschaft in Hohenstuecken provided administrative servirss
for two VP units, one in Kirchmoeser and one in Treuenbrietzen, i**
10. The central supply depot in Berlin was to be decentralized, - Lendes-
versor ungsla er (Land Supply Depot) (LVL) was to be established in
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denburg-1-1ohenstueckena
Cor ent, The 9th Berei.tschaft (Inf) and the 10th VP Bereitschaft
Kxrgr were quartered in BrandenburgHolden; tuecken prior to N vember
1950. According to the present report, these units were deactivated
in the course of reorganization of the Volkspolizei. The newly organized
cadre Bereitschaft is reported for the first time.
In its ,trength and
or?ganizatio a it seems to be similar to the Soviet Array cadre regiments
stationed in the Soviet Zone of Germany prior to 1949. It is therefore
possible that the HVA, by merging VP Bereitschaften, has organized cadre
Bereitschaften, which at a propitious and carefully prepared moment,
Possibly after the conclusion of the Four-Power conference, can be brought
to mechanized regiment strength by recalling those poll ce :rho are now
firkin, in industrial n3axrts, or by drafting police recru..ts,
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nation of the Vollcsnolizei was accompanied by y `yvt,~~~ U1LQU U~1v reor?gani-a
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Comment, According to available informs. tion covering a )eriod
oMe all of 1950, the 2nd VP 3k;roitcchaft (h f) or Land
Saxony Anhalt was located in Kirchrnoeser, and the 8th VP Pereitschait
(Arty) of Land Brandenburg in Trouenbrietzen.
It is not met clear whether these units also were reorganized. The
fact that they were assigned to the V'i Bareitschaft in 13randenbura
NNohenstuecken for administration would support the belief that a cadre
unit for a mechanized or infantry regiment which is to be organized
later has been established in Brandenburg.
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