ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE SECURITY SERVICE IN POTSDAM

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• Publication Date: October 13, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 25X REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT
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Germany (Russian Zone)
Organization of the State Security
Service in Potsdam
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The individual Laender agencies are subordinate to the.-State Se-
curity Ministry in Berlin. The heads of the agencies at Laender
level, hold the rank of Chefinspekteur, the chief for Land Branden-
burg being Chefin/pekteur Gartmann, residence Potsdam, Schwanen--
al.lee. His deputy is Inspekteur Kiefel, who, like many others as-
signed to the SSD in Potsdam, lives in Schwanenalleeo
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2. The 551) in Potsdam is composed of various sections, a breakdown of
which is given below. In addition, there are 23 agencies In the
county seats and the larger cities of Land Brandenburg. Approxi-
mately 140 members are employed in the Potsdam headquarters, in-
cluding a guard detachment and vehicle drivers. Of this - number.
between '70 and 80 are operational staff members, while 20 are ac -
miniatrative aides. The 553) office is located In the Polizei-
praesidiu.m, Potsdam, Bauhofstr4 11-13, Block A. The prison used.'
by the SS0 is Prison II, situated in the same complex. Each indi-
vidual section has its supervisory Russian officer representing
The organizational structure of he D I E is as follows:
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Polizeimelsterin Ganzer, Potso.am
Polize i.me inter in Schmidt, Potsdam
Oberraetin Luehr, Potsdam, Alte `4auche
Inspekteur Kief?eld._
Chefinspekteur Gartmann
Haupi,wachtmeisterin Opiti, Beeskow
Oberkommissarin Frau Tobalovich (Russian translator, Potsant--
Babelsberg, Schwanenaflee
Kommissarin Kassin, Potsdam
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Ad-minLstrative `dirtsehaft) Section
Komrnandeur Becker, Potsdam, Gontardstr. 14
Deputy: Oberraetin Frau Biaesing,. Potsdam, im Bogen
Obertcommissar Kasang, Potsdam, Schwanenalice
Kommissar Proba, Potsdam, Linter den Eichen
Komrnlssarln B?hnhow, Potsdam
Polizejmeister Pospich, Schoeneiche
Hauptwachtrnei.ster Reinhardt, Potsdam
Kommissar '=!egner, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Renzstr.
Personnel Section
Inspekteur Doering, Potsdam, Schwanenallee
Deputy: Oberraetin rau Schach, Potsdam
Polizeimeisterin Fri. Engel. Potsdam, Schwanenallee
Oberkommissar Klug, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Ernst-Thaelmannstr.
Polizeirat Zucker, Brandenburg
Kommissar Liedtke, Potsdam
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Komrnandeur Zimmermann, Potsdam, Schwanenallee
Oberrgt Erwin Ganzer, Potsdam (formerly in Ministry of the Interior,
named Spitzel by RIAS).
Polizei.rat Jaeckel, Potsdam-Drewitz
KOmmissar Loewe, junior, Potsdam, Kastanienallee
Kommissar Meuschke, Potsdam, Schwanenallee (engaged to F.Bi. Engel,
Personnel Section)
Kommissar Paulick, Potsdam, Am alter Markt
I?+a?e Starvei~ll.ace Section
Kommandeur Flegel, Potsdam, Schwanenallee
Kornmissar Radke, 2otsdam
Polizeirneisterin Zletlow, Potsdam
Polizeirat Pipiorra, Potsdam.-Klein-G1ienicke
Oherkommissar Semkat, Potsdam
Oberkommissar Schmidt, Potsdam
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Ko!-rrandeur Koehler a Potsdam, Schwanenallee
Pol.izeirat Schwertfeger, Potsdam, Schwanenallee
Kommissar Echtermsyer, Potsdam, Am Ruinenberg
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Kommandeur Lehmann
In addition there are three or four officers of Kommissar rarrkc, names
unknown.
Postal Surveilia nc SeQ i.on
Polizeirat Krug, Potsdam, Schwarenallee (married to Tobalevich, trans-
lator in the Secretariat).
Kommissar Mueller, Potsdam
The following following are charged with supervision of the mail at the Main Post
Office in Potsdam.
F" .?au . Kerwien, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Rudolf e1tscheidstr,
rft-au Kr cop, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Ernst -Thaelriiannstr.
Frau Guerre, Potsdam
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Press{ and P tom... MTe4J1ance S%ctian
Kommandeur Grosse, Potsdam, Schwanenallee
Oberkornmissar Zabel., Potsdam
Oberkommissar Brueckner, Potsdam
Hauptwachteeisterin Charlotte 74axa, Potsdam, Leppelinstr?
Pol.itul&ur Section
Kommandeur Schindler, Potsdam, Schwanenallee
Polizeiraetin Schimmack, Potsdam
Polizeirat Lange, Potsdam
Cou ter?~s>ionae Secic~r
Kommandeur Schroeder, Potsdam
Oberkommissar Sabbath, Potsdam, Im Bogen
Kommissar Mfikosoh, Potsdam
Arrest and. Detention Sectiotl
Komrnandeur Koenig, Potsdam, Schwanenallee
Kommissar Richter, Potsdam, Schwanenallee
Oberkommissar 1oithe, Potsdam
Sekretaerin Grawe, Potsdam
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Kdmmandeur Reimann, Potsdam
Three additional persons, names unknown, are included in this .section.
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In addition, there are two personsrae
is still being organized
I~at~srr?o~ation 5~~tion
Kommandeur Wagner, Potsdam, Schwanenailee
Polizeirat Loewe, Potsdam, Kastanienallee
Polizeirat Dahms, Potsdam
Poiizeimeisterin ,babel (secretary)
Polizei aoisterin Darmta, Potsdam, Schwanenallue in lnterro~
In. addition, six to eight county police officers assist
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e a/aagner, Interrogation Section,.
The prison is supervised by Kommandeur
Prison chief is Polizeirraeiste
4 The principal duties ties-of the individual sections are given as follows:
Section screens ee
The 'act Surveillance
workers In thy: VIB46 Informers are placed in the various factories
and plants In agreement with the SED Shop Group and are usually regu-
the SSD
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lar workers who act as snios
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police, not including, how1eever, the units of the V?lkspol.iZOI 3ereita-
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The Perjonne.l, Survei.l.lance Section is concerned with screeninip and.
informing on all civilians under suspicion. in the implementation
of this 'task the SSD employs full-ti+e informers who may divide
their .time between factory surveillance and. the execution of par-
ticular surveillance tasks. These informers are provided with false
employment documentation by the SSD.
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.]La kg Sectio? has taken over the entire control of
The Post o u vp
the mail, replacing the former Russian control officers. As a conse-
quence letters from or to West Germany or West Berlin hardly ever
carry the Soviet censor's stamp. although all such mail is screened.
The screening is done either through opening the letters with steam
or by the use of ultra-violet light. The women employed by the SSA?
at the 'Min Post Office in Potsdam send all suspicious letters to
Polizeirat Krug, chief of the section. Krug may then send the let-
ters on to Chefinspekteur Gartnann for further inspection. The let-
ters are then forwarded after copies have been made.
The Arrest and etention ec icon is responsible for all arrests, the
only exception being immediate arrest on the scene of the crime.
For the most part.county police officers are used to make the arrests.
The individual investigations up to the time of arrest are handled by
the separate responsible sections but. after the arrest has been made,
the entire matter passes into the hands of the Arrest Section . The
fro on eoj closes out the investigation, prepares a final
report and passes on to the court the bill of indictment after the
prosecuting attorney has started arraignment proceedings and obtained
a confirmation of the accusation. To date no in- 25X1
stance of a final court decision being taken, giving rise to the as-
sumption that the SSD prefers to drag the inve out-end tieations essl.y
rather than to pass the case on to the court. how-- 25X1
ever, rule out the possibility that a secret court an s oWah a de-;
Cisione
Arrests may be ordered only by Gartmann or Kiefele The Soviet
authorities may interrogate the accused for several hours or, oc-
casionally, for a day, but the arrested are always brought back to
the SSD, and only very seldow do the Russians pass sentence on the
prisoner. Judicial warrants of arrest are never brought in. A case
in point is that of the Potsdam lawyer Schleusener, who was not ar-
rested by the Soviets, but by the SSD, the entire matter being handled
secretly.
Individual agencies of the SSD in Land Brandenburg are as follows:
Kyritz : Chief: Oberrat Stache
Wittenberg Chief: Oberrat Ullmann
Perleberg : Chief: Oberrat Gladitz
Brandenburg: Chief: Kommandeur Kuesel
Templin : Chief: Oberrat Garske
o? The following persons are known o be employed in the
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Inspekteur WoUo, Chief, Intendantur
Oberkommissar Will Wagoner, Administrative Section.
Oberkommissar Hermann., Administrative Section
Oberkommissarin Berta Manneck, Finance
Bauptwachtmelsterin Lieselotte. Wagener, Po3tal Surveillance Section
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