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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. 25 ~,~
FOR AT REPORT CO NO.
COUNTRY Garmny (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT Dessau Railroad Car Plant
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DATE DISTR. 6 P*reh 1951
NO. OF PAGES 2
NO. OF ENCLS. 2 (3 }des)
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1? The Dessau Rail-road Car Corporation was` fo :nd6d 5.pn;'i Cf5',`: "=In 1946 the plant
became Soviet state property by order of the SI';A and since then has been an
enterpr,.se of the Traarsmash SAG. The plant covers an area of 18,000 to 20?000
snuare meters of which about 10,000 square I eters are bu_ft.up0 * The plant raj
supplied with electric power by its own power station. Formally there was no
outside power supply. In case of breakdown of the pia, t.ow rted power? stations,
power came from the Dessau (a,_ 52/1; 17) Central Plower Plant.
2.. i.'onthly output of the plant in 1919 and 1950 was as follows:
Lonth Sp
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frigera.
r cars
25-ton cranes 15-.ton cranes de luxe express
on special train coaches
underfra es
Nov 19.9
152
Feb 1950
133
Liar 1950
72
3 4
Apr 1950
58
4 5
July 1950
76
3 11 1.
Au 1950
21.E
6 13 16
Sep 1950
112
9 3 24
Oct 1950
126
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3., The special refrigerator cars are all-metals They are 11050 netera long;,, about
2.:.8 meters vride, and about 3 meters high0 A s1idin ;. doors, about 105 peters vride,
is at the side of the car bearing the Russian inscription. The plant's entire
production is shipped to the U,S,S.RO as reparations. A commission accepts the
cars each week. After acceptance the railroad cars are assembled into trains on
s :idin , of the '"oerli.ts (! 52/2 17) Rail yard and then leave via Berlin Rumrnelsburg
( 1 1 ! 53/s 94) - Brest Litovsk (S 53/x: 87) for .oscow?
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Lo The plant's most important suppliers of raw -materials aid semi-manufactured goods
were the Hettstedt (P' 52/D 64) Rolling Lill the Steelworks and Rolling "'ill in
Thale (La 52/D 25), and the ~.'aren (N 54/U 35J Iron Foundry. Raw material shipments
came also directly from the U.S.S.R. via Frankfurt/Oder. The Railroad Car Con-
struction Factory in ".eimar (M 51/J 57) and the Railroad Construction Factory in
Gotha (1' 51/J 06) delivered wheels and underfram-es. Car bushings and wheels
were reportedly in short supply, since there were only sporadic deliveries of
these,
5. The key personnel of the plant administration included plant manager Behrendt,
(fnu), aged 59, SF,D member; commercial manager Ohnesorge, (fnu), aged 54, SED
sympathizer; cultural manager Loebe, (fnu), aged L3, SED member; purchasing
manager Albin Ja::obs, STD sympathizer. The key personnel of the engineering
office included g-rad-aate chief engineer ',Tilert, (fnu), aged 53, SED member;
graduate engineer Albrecht, (friu), aged 43, 31,3 r ember.
6. The total number of employees was 1,000 to 1,200 in 1933, about 1.,400 in 1915,,
1,600 to 2,000 in 1950 and 2,150 on 1 September 1950. The last figure comprised
,L50 male workers. 75 female .%rorkers, 255 male auxiliary workers, 2I5 female
;auxiliary. workers, 135 male and t,,5 .female apprentices and 155 coammercial
a :d
i,echnical clerks. the assignments of the remaining 90 employees are unknown.
7. The plant is guarded by a plant militia numbering 75 men. There are day and
night controls.
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Comr ent. For layout sketch of t:,;ie plant, see Annex in
Corm:ent. For a sketch of these cars, see Annex 2.
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Layout Sketch of Dessau Railroad Car Plant
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1 f3oilerhouse and power station
2 Smokestack
3 Assembly shops
4 Reconstructed workshops
5 Workshops
6 Assembly shop
7 Administration building
8 Accounting office
9 &igineering office
10 Guardhouse
11 New assembly shops under construction
12 Entrance gate
13 'Watchtower
14 Materiel depot
3-5 `Vooden fence
16 Filling station
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