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:"ILITAIZY INTELLIGvaCE SERVICE IN AUSTRI&APO 541, U.S. J‘rnY

FIRST DETAILED INTERROGOION REPORT

Source : GIRG, Uhlter

Position : SS Hc:uptsturmfuchrorSS Jagdverbaonde.

Case No. ; S022

Ref. No. : S022/USDIC/DC10

Date : 22 January' 1946

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This report contains iriforation primarily of' .the SSJagdyerbacncL, 'emphasizing SS Jasdverband nitte, and twoimportant missions behind enemy lines:whieh Source led.Included also is Set:ree l s explanation of the Total Einsatz.-

• (Suicide Hission) ra:T:ent as :,-racticed by the Germansand a brief history of the Schutzkorps Alponland (SW..

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I. SOURCE: DESCRIPTION AND VITAL STATISTICS

This report should be read in conjunction with Preliminary Infor-mation Report on GIRG, Water, Reformcc Nmnbor S022/USDIC/PC5, dated18 October 19h5, this Headquarters. Personal description and a shortbiography are included therAn.

According to Source) he conceived of •a plan in 1944 of assemblinggroups of German volunteers rho would execute long-range'intelligoncemissions and thus enable the German High Com-aand to be on its 7aardagainst Russian sutprisc attacks and give it time to retreat.

.Accordingly, on 1 August 1944 he was transferred to the school ofthe Jaeger Battalion 502, later to be incorporated into the SS Jagdver-baonde. His couraander at that time was SS Sturmbannfuchrcr SKORZENY,

•who also headed the SS Jagdverbacnde.

• He completed his special training and demolition schooling quickly,and on 26 August received orders for his first mission, a Reichsauftrag(mission from the Supreme Command), transmitted to him by SKORZENY.

, The mission was called uLANDERIEDu and has also boon named l'UnternehmenGIRG returned from this mission in September and wont to a hos-

pital because of rounds incurred. After his release from the hospitalhe received the “Ritterkrcuz il for his accomplishments and a six-weeksleave.

By the time he returned for duty at the beginning of • January 1945the SS . Jagdverbacnde had been organized, with jacger Battalion 502 in-corporated. GIRG belonged to Jagdverband Mitte, but was with hisorganization Only a short time before he left again on 1 February 1945,witha new mission. 'He remained behind. Russian lines until Hatch, thenbecame embroiled in the fighting at Kolberg with another outfit until

•April. On 15 April the SS Jagdverbacndc Ceased to exist as such, and. GIRG was already busying himself with other resistance plans, rhich.never materialized.'

• Thus it is soon from the above account that Source spent very..little actual tincin'the -SSJagdv:prbaonde as such, and his knowledge •_ofits inner functions is limited. He was attached to them on paper,but constantly aray on missions.

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II. JAEGER BATTALION 502

A. FORK,ATION •

It Was noticed early in the war by the German High Command that •long-range reconnaissance behind the enemy lines often yielded valuable.intelligence information. Frequently, during the ever-changing tacticalsituations individual German soldiers or small units had become separatedfrom the main body as much as 200 kilometers, and their observationsfurnished the intelligence officers of the divisions with important

• information.

. Apart from the ordinary Frontaufklacrungstruppcn a certain numberof groups were formed to undertake these long-range reconnaissance,special mission, and sabotage operations.

After SS Obersturmbannfuehrer SKORZENY had liberated HUSSOLINIthat year'he received the additional assignment of establishing abattalion of German volunteers to be used for special missions, andJaeger Battalion 502 was formed for that purpose , in the fall of l9!3.Everyman was to receive special and varied training'- horesebackriding, driving all kinds of vehicles, flying, parachute jumping, etc.The battalion was activated in the Castle Friedenthal in Sachscnhausenand placed directly under Amt VI s of the RSHA. It consisted of astaff company, a. Number One Company, and a Number Two Company, withcadramen coming form the ITaffen SS.

B. OPERATIONS

Jaeger:Battalion.502 decided for the first time to establish a

number of uTrupps4. Which would undertake long7range•reconnaissancóand combine it With sabotage. The trupps were purely military unitsand did not operate as, for example, agents who •establishcd . themselvesin certain areas and remained there. The trupps generally' campedweeded, areas for three or four weeks, then returned to their awn lines.For bettor camouflage they were dressed in civilian clothes or in enemy

•uniforms and spoke the language of the area. A trupp . wat never stronger•than 2S men and consisted entirely of German and foreign volunteers ina proportion of•two.Germans to one foreigner.

They worked in the following manner: The trupp was divided intofour sections of six men each, working independently, and the sections

. were to later . meet at previously designated rendezvous points. Theyroamcd . .á certain, part of the area, made their reconnaissance.missions,and delivered their messages at the rendezvous point, from where they

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were transmitted by radio to the army command. Ehen a large targetwas to be destroyed the entire trupp was mobilized for the task. The •intelligence Missions were generally facilitated by contacts with membersof the local population who acted as informers. 1,:very Such contact withcivilians was to be executed by moans of the letter-box system. EverY..trupp was directed to new targets by means of radio. (nhen the SS Jagd-.verbecndc, see below, wen': formed these missions continued to be executedand perfected by the different sub-sections.)

III. THE SS JAGDVMKENDE

A. FORFATION

- The need for more units Such as the Jaeger Battalion 502 was soon.apparent. Thus in October 1944 the SS Jagdverbaende were formed, stillunder the leadorsip of SKORZEIPI. The special groups were commanded by .one staff and were drawn from the following units: Jaegerbattalion 502,which was reorganized and become Jagdvorband Yittc; . Fallschirmjacgerbattalion 500, which became Fallschirmjaegerbattalion 600, a part of.the SS Jagdvorbacnde; parts of the Regiment Brandenburg, split up amongthe Various Jagdverbacnde; part of the KaRpfgeschwader 200, split upamong the various Jagdverbaende; and parts of the Heercskampfschwinmer,which became the Flusskampfschwimmer, an organic part of the SS Jagdver-.baendc.

SKORZENY had received permission to recruit as many as 5,000 men,.but only Jagdvcrband IT.itte achieved its full complement by the end of1944. Jagdvorbacnde Ost, Sued, Nord n-est, and Sued nest Were about70 % complete at that time. The main itc-.1s lacking were a sufficient. •nUmber of weapons and'cquipment. At the end of 1944 the battalion.strength was ,:.bout 400.

B. TABLE OF ORGANIZATION

1. Staff:

.Location: Sachsenhausen near BerlinCommander: . SS Obersturabannfuehrer SKORZENY .Chief of Staff: SS Oborstumbannfuehrcr DaTERSignal Unit: A detachment of the SS Jagdverbacnde. Signal Unit.Supply Unit: A detachment of the SS Jagdverbaende Supply Unit.

2. Jagdverband

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Commander: SS Ob-Jrsturmfuchrer FUCORComposition: three ca:Ipanies of 100 men each (only German

' volunteers) and three SS officers each. •

3. Jagdverband Ost:

Location: . Hohensalzach im 'SfarthegauCommander: Major OCHComposition: Volunteers who spoke very good Russian, Polish,

Latvian, Finnish, and also volunteer Ukranians,Finns and Poles

'SS Jagdverband Sued Ost:

Location: Near. , Krems (Oberdonau)Commander: Major BRTSCHComposition: Gorman volunteers speaking the following languages.

fluently: Slovakian, Hungarian, Roumanian, Bulga-rian, Serbian. Also nationals of the above namedcountries.-

S. 85 Jagdverboand Nord host:

Location: NeUstrelitz.in OkermarkCommander: • SS Hauptsturmfuehror HEUERComposition: Volunteers from Flanders, Holland, and Denmark

6. SS Jaadverband Sued West:

Location: Near StuttgartCommander: Hajor '(Name unlmoun to Source)Composition: Belgian and French volunteers.

7; Fiusskampfschrimmor:

Location: ' ViennaCommander: SS Unterstumfuehrer SChMEIBER.Composition: Consisted only of about 100 German volunteers..

. Signal Unit:

Location: 771th every SS Jagdverband; school located in theHarz Mountains.

Commander: .8S Hauptsturnfuchrcr . STRECITUSSCOMposition: Only German volunteers .

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C. HAUTIP OF JA0DV7RBiUD

The equipment of a Jagdvcrband (motorized and equipped) consistedapproximately of the following:

1. Staff Company: Signal Section with a .70-watt receiver and asufficient number of agent W/T sets. Yotorcycle section.Supply transport section.

2. Number one Company: Three sections armed with the Sturmgenehr,'44. One section of 7.5 mm light artillery. Squad of en-gineers and a squad with flame throwers for each section.

3. Number TWO Company, Foterized Infantry: Equipped sane asNumber One Company.

4. Number three company, Armd. Rcn. Co.: Equipped same as Numberone Company.

S. Number four Company, Heavy. Company: Armored .reconnaissancesection with two heavy and four light armored .cars. , Amphibianengineer section (Pionicr Stosstrupp) equipped with demolitionmaterial and flame throwers.. A heavy mortar section in armoredears. Anti-tank section; 75 mm guns, on tractors or on trucks.

IV. SS JAGDV7RBAND FITTE

•At the same tithe the SS Jagdverbaende were established parts ofJaeger .Battalion :502 were assigned to the new group, and the battalionitself was reorganized into SS . Jagdverband ntte, as mentioned abovo.

Following is the organization. of JagdverbandlUtte as of February19145.

Battalion Commander: SS Obersturnfuchrer FUCKER

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Adjutant: SS Untersturnfuch=Administration: ..SS Oberstunafuchrer SCHVIDTTechnical Officer: SS Unterstumfuehrer HUMERSpecial Service Officer: SS Unterstunafuchrer KtiTSCHRE

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Company Number One:

Company Commander: SS 011xsturmfuehrer }TAMS; killed in action. •Platoon Leader: Lt. • KRUEG T'R. Strength of company. approximately120 men. Equipment 14e any infantry company.

Company Number Two:

Company Commander: Unknown to SourcePlatoon leader: . SS Untersturmfuehror HAT:TEL; killed in action.Strength approximately 120 men. Equipment like first company.

Company Number Three:

Company Commander: SS Obersturnfuchrer LUDUIGPlatoon leader: Lt. YUL; killed in action. Strength approxi-mately 130 men. Equipment six 75 mm Infantry howitzers.

Company Number Four: (Reconnaissance Company) •

Company Commander: SS Obersturmfuchrer SCHORT.Strength'approximately 80 mon.. Equipment one eight-wheel armoredreconnaissance car, six armored half-tracks.

V. TiLEISSION LANDFRIED (UNTERYEWEY GIRO

A. PREPARATIONS

On 26 August 1944 GIRG received from his immediate commander, SSOberstunnbannfuehrer SKORZENY, a top secret order for the nVissienUNDERIT.D".

The mission was the following: Subject was to leave with six.airplanes and 35 men and land in the area of Tcmcsburg. They wore tocarry extra weapons which were to be distributed among the civilianpopulation, to organize the local population and thus establish a'defensive line between Tamesburg and .Kronstadt. . This action wassupposed to halt the advance of the Russians and Roumanians untilGeraan troops could relieve the group.

The equipment was very defective, and the time for preparation wasvery short. GIRG and his men travelled by rail with their equipmentand'arrived in Vienna, Whore Obersturmbannfuehrer 'aNECK of Amt VI c ofthe RSEU gave Source further orders. The airplanes were standing readyat the Vienna airdrome. Subject worked one day.iwthe offices of

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Section VI e and evaluated all reports concerning tho order of battle . •and the positions of the enemy.

. It was than decided to arrange a new :mission .quickly when. anotherunit threatened to take away the group ? s • six airplanes. GIRG received)permission to proceed immediately. '.7ith his men .and 'forty German-Rou-manii.ms„ who had been recruieed from the SS Frontleitstelle Vienna, heflew. to Neuburg via Debrecen.: There the men wero. transport. :.s.d in small.trucks .to a • small frontier village,. and Source met SS General PFLEPS,•whe comanded ari law in this particular area .and who agreed . completely •with Source's plans.

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. The new plans were as follows: There were to be three 1st:Connaissance•and sabotage groups:

L. .• • The eastern • trupp„ under. the command of • SS OLerscharfuehrerFRITSM., was . to commit ..sabotage in the passes about .10 kilometers .•tenth of Kront.tadt, make a reconnaissance, and , then come back with the.. remainder *of :tn .,: ram.:

• 2. . The central trUpp, under GIRG I s • cersaand, was to operate from •Hermannstadt up to the Roteriturm. Pass with the some mission, sabotage•and long range. reconnaissance.

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. .34 The WO s-tcrn trupp, arido,r tho coMmand • Of • •SS . 0berscha,rfuehrer •1-141-fli, would . .operate as far as •nausburg and 20 leacpeters • to the south,with the identical mission. • •

. ...An direct -contact with the encny--was to be avoided The -group •

•planned to. start -without 'radio and report over •:17/T as •soon as it had • .•: 2 any intelligence. • The time allotted for the entire' mission was fourteen

s. 'Rations were talcer... along for three • days; rho . rest • of the time thegroup was to live 'off the land,. • al information was . :to ....be . obtained from • •

• the •population. Each trupp had• one commander and 25 SS men, and equip-ment: consisting • of hand weapons, der.lolition. material, and maps, . • •

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.• The tree trupps • were., equipped wfl.th imiformt..Which. looked. very much. ••like those • of Lllid 7c.ro.troop:i.s.... (Trapp tri TTr.: 11 , however, *as....•. dressed in . civilian .cloth.-:s)•••. 'Ono .tropp vies sub-divided 'in four tcc- •tioris. of six men each..

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The equipl. •;ht roc r.r•nsisted n.f a light uniform, andrucksaelc• T.his • rt.e'..-..st,.c!•: contdd CI:v .:a:tan clothes, sir ,3.1ar to thbse

worn•in h%nd::::rehi-fs; first aid equipment., co ncentrat-.ed . foods„, and a•nunit,ien . for sulimach:t.ne gun and pistol. When the men*ore civilian clothes, .:1121 was carried in the rucksack.)The men also er...‘rried with t1ia.1 . 1r.per, pencil., compass, a• watch, a firstaid packet, hand grona..ies, e pistol, a -cao.ouflage • net, a dagger, .a.flashlight, matches,.,and a garotto, • Th,-, anis were the 7.65 pistol and

• the British Stan •subehachino gun. The entire . group was further provided• with •a large amount of explesives s(Nipolitplastic) •. . The conamander• of

thd group carred rt . complete collection of maps and a dmalition kit.The:entire L1NDFRI7D" was equipped with two' TI/T • sots (quartz

• geraet 169) end : airplane recognition panels. • .• •

.. D.. .1N '..,CTIOR TRUPP

•• • Subject• marched 'nth his trupp to the Hungarian frontier village

of Zuckormandl• Because of the a ck of timo ythe planes' could not be•uted. for a prelilinary reconnaissanco : flight.; The group crossed theborder • on 31 4ua-tist .:1944 . without having encountered r.Tizi enemy units."Uithout further contact, the river Grosser Kockel- was crossed. The

.lines Imre' so • th inly occupied that the group . couldriarch . during tho• .•• day... The •truppis uni.foras were sufficientlir :inconspicuous .so that1'. it was :possible to travel by train fraa Angent.enn. Hernstadt .. There

'GIRG :divided his en into 'throb' small groupth . -and . :ordexed't.hcri to wive ••... towards the . castle of . 'Heltau. His own • group pitch:Id:tents in a , small •

garden' ;1?...'.!•.,;:i*:Jr.::77[17, • They Waited two da,ys . forithe:other groups .: to . • •rettirn from' their missions. The 0113.5r two nen who hadarrived were • .

those . Who had become separated from the others .. • . . • • •

By I September six man had been colleCted and the. group marchedtowards the Rotonturra Pass: . At that time the strength of /,•the Romanianforces mardhing towards Agnetenn and the strength ...of the .Russian.unitsOperating around the Rotenturm Pass had been ' :found;out: . ..Tho •group • -

• arrited there after a ten hour mountain climb.. They intended to 'spendthe 'night and to begin gatherzng information fran the Roumanians.

• Guards, Were posted, but two hous after dark they . werci surprised by a, R1.is .sian unit and surrounded. .*Ster a heavy fight the group managedta:escape . without cur casualties; In Heltau . thoy , observed the advanceof the Sixth Russian Army and markz.,d itS positons, :on naps for future'reference. ' These Russian troops Were in the best of fighting condition.Discipline and order reigned throughout, The .group observed many new:.i..rraored Units.

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in thedirection,of the front. From Schaerzburg they marched for 35kilometers towards the main line of resistance, constantly in the ipme-diato vicinity of the Russian advaccing columns. They advanced soquickly that they arrived in Hades in a Rumanian depot. GIRG's groupwas mistaken for RuManian stragglers Who had left their Gorman units.Their. cquipmmt TW searched, and the weapons were found. One of the ..non managed.to-escape imhediately thereafter. The Russians soon arrived,end the group wasianediately condemned to death. They had to stand'.against a small tree and tTrenty Rubsian were ordered to execute them.

.GIRG, however, managed to flee after being shot into the headandhaving his foot perforated by another bullet. .Notwithstanding hiswounds, he Marched 20 :kilometers until he reached the Gorman linesand made all Of hisroports .. His comrades were presumably killed..GIRO 'WaS imMediately brought to the anny commander and made a morecomplete report comprising . , political, military, and social:intelligence.Hehad *found out, through his reconnaissance mission that the Russiansintended pUshing over Klausenburg with fresh armored troops and withanti-tank artillery.. Because the array cammanderwas informed of thisnews'he . was . able to reform his lines and avoid encirclemekt.

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The eastern trupp saved a German army corps from complete encircle-ment and brought back 200 German soldiers who had been left behind.It was also able to destroy completely thc water mains of the city ofKronstadt.

The western trupp came back with valuable reconnaissance intelligence.Some of the men who had been left behind in Rumania finally joined a17/T . intelligence group operating'in Runania on 30 Harch 1945 and Pereworking for them. The group had suffered about 40 % casualties duringthe mission, most of whan had boon declared missing in action since1 October 1944 and comprised one NO and eight men. The intelligencegroup had been loft in Rumania during the last days of the war and neverreturned home.

LFOTHUZ BEHIND-THE-LIIIE FISSION

In February 1945 Source volunteer.A for another reconnaissance .'mission behind the Russian lines, between Danzing and Breslau. Hisorders read only genoral reconnaissance. The absence of German airreconnaissance at that time made the mission necessary. 411though themission was well planned the equipaent of the group was rather poor

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due to the shortage of t3= in . preparing tho mission, The group, con-.sisting of 53 men and two officers,. left • uith a few days ration, poor•minter Clothing, no explosives, very few maps ) one radio set, and somesmall arms. Men on 13 February 1945 the group. lost its . only radioset, the work of the mission as such was ended, and the men tried toreturn, to the German .linos. They reached the town of Kelburg,:mbiCh wasthen encircled by the Rod Armi on 15 /arch 1945..

The coiamanding officer of the town accused Sourco . and his men of .being members of the ItScidlitz .goVament. The reaseafor•this accusationwas•baseclon: (1) tho capture of the Soidlitzagentsuholnfiltratedinto Kolburgthe . day . bcfore; (2)-tho thought:by-the commander of thetown that it was impossible to pass the Russian and Genhanli.L.R..mithoutbeing recognized. Source was sentenced to .death but released a fewdaysi.ater. whenrecOgnited by.. .other German . officers.:.',He i then was orderedto defend .a sector of the fortress city of Kolburg:: •

• . At the end of March Source returned to n Jagdverbandititte n and •

did not paricipatc in any Mission thereafter. •

VII. TOTAL FINSATZ (SUICIDEISSION) .

• . • ME. GriUN VERSION

-Tho.German'High Contend first conceived the idee-of:Total Einsatt' after noting its anploymcnt by the Japanese in the form of the Kamikaze

suicide units. The Germans, however, did not have. coMpiete Einthatt suchas that of thc Japanese. There was a,pOssibility of :completingdan-gerous missions and still savingthe lives of personnel.

••• ..No actual Gorman unit was entirely Committed tOotalHEinsatz.

• .Instead, . It . was tainly a matter Of indiVidual : Volunteerseffering toperform special missions-. Several different units:uureProyided for,..„• • .these Total EinStbz volunteers - tho:JagdverbaendMi'theMbereSkampf-:.schUimmer, and KeMpi'geschwUder:200 .- dt:,the specific Unittivvore: not

• composed entirely Of these men; although .One of the% KampfgeschWader:200; uus originally formed along these linos. • ••.• ••• ,

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I . y In theiutmer . of l9141 the German,Luftwaffe...establiShed'this:unit•••• • of:v0iuntcers • uhe Werc,rce4y to execute any Tota34inSaizeleans : of- -

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Tho suicidal mm-M3 of enomy planes was accmpishod successfullyseveral times, hut, the divi gliders, althourj1 constructed, wore neverused.

A finnl exprircrit of the 1:ampfgoschwader 200 wasthe parachuteball, which contained two ants to be dropped on a mission. Afterlanding they would' desbroy the ball,. The mission of the agents-wassabotage and to create general confusion behind the anagy lines.

C. THETZUSSKPFSCTTUTR

The German Navy established the first unit of Harine sabotage(licereskampfsChWinmer)-in 1943. The volunteers Were equipped with spe-cial rubber .suits and. diving apearatus„ with steel cutters and demolition

• -loads,. With which they were to swim towards the targetf•rom a distanceabouttwentykilomoters. As Soon as they, arrived'at..the'target thay-

ture . to attach the demolition equipment and itsAimc fuses against tho• *target and leave as soon as possible.

Men the SS Jagdverbaende were formed they had mong their missionsthe damolitien of. river bridges. For that purpose river sabotage

_groupSwero . organizedl - called the Flusskampfschwiftmer and drawn.fram;the units . of . theMeercskampfschwiMmOr. A group consisted of six men .who could operate in the water for about tan hours and execute -their

-mission by night if necessary. The training sehool ,for.the Flusskampf-sehwimmerwas in Vienna.

VIII. ,SCHUTZKORPS AL .PENLAND (SK)

.005 . April 1945 the SS Jagdverbacnde ceased to exist under .thattitle and were renamed Schutzkops-Alpenland .(SKA),with 'the aim of •defending the Alpenland'against ahy•attaeks . by - thaRussians.:.During . •

...operationsmoro . adhcrents were to be recruited from thatiyilian.populd-tion: The mission wastabe executed in suckaliMiy-121ekthe:anag7

...:,was'fOrced:to :recognizo the Schutzkorps as anAmpottahtopponant. •

.-Hewever,4ts.recognitim as an underground.residtantmovament•fosteredSS.Jagdverbaendaims . limited by the fact 'that it was perpetrated.

-onli:to . cUmbatthe Russians.

The Korps PUS to be commnndcd by SKORZENT hinsblf. The equiment-Consisted of weapons and all kinds of material necessary for the cam-paign.. Rations for three months were also distributed. Signal cannuni-cations with the .Ca-nd Post were to be established by means of 70-wattViT'sets and by couriers, The central 1VT station was called nBricf-taube". The supply depot was established in Radstadt in the Tauornmountains.

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The entire ply.11 ; 7..11.6 i01111cloriod bat:al.'s° theIfest:rn J.11Lc o :11 1.:r et surrender the nonof the ICorpJ 4.. r.tan coParatiancenters fe: . fer..7.--.1 Serj.: fz. ) th)Jer.n xned :ercas Until .then the riein b•;:n von thc tr. o.nsic::: of and lootingof the couLt2y's ...-rea2,.th by the c.nec.ling !altos.

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The 1.7chrrv.cht eziored 0C1.3 in Tiinnersdorf was . dividod into threegroups ,: t-.70 of Which 3.pc,-..-bc'.r3 in 7;:i.n27erdorf proper; . The thirdgroup was stationed at 1ut1os/O1den1iu2-g, Osthelstein, -until November.

transfcrrod to Pallingpostel (60 km north of Hannover).• The instructi:onn. of ..tkte three I yoips were identical.: Thiln group one

and two :Wert: made up Of pc:rcozinel, group throe was attended byofficer candidates of : the ra.ffn 88 only, Trho during their stay : at •school were under the 41rElyt s jurisdiction. 11c:waver., : not 411 iristruc;--

• tors in group th.rco Ce fr n the 7.7affon SS,:

Prior to Putles, "S i;urce had to ...1:1-•tond a pro4.).CS course at Bitch°near Stras,-;r 1 - . ..i for -three months The instructions there coveredcommtuiicationa (which included gubx7 and material), motor . transport,. :!and tactics . The -.1atter subject .r;as confined to individual: tank •Upon,. Complection.the studc:nt continued his training ,dt:Putlos. : .a repititien: of the Week done at Bitcho, tho. instructions weresimilar, but On:p. more advanced . scale, -

. • • .. .:According to • Source, , .between -300 . to 400. MC* lett:ended:: group -threefor .:each course. ../1.•new ‘:cenrso was not:',st:a.rt;64.,.,tuitil:A.-ttio.;ProVioUS:One,.':-,,....,.'was complotod.:A"thr. o .c*helir : la week lecture on 'toltanschauung" ;; (worldperception) was- given in addition to the technical. subjects.. .Thoilast

oliri,.:11:oros , devoted te...a gentralland rather freer discussion,' in 'thihthegreater part. .th-C:':1.studCntsi:,.stipiiSingl,,+:::partiCiPetedIt::**.::!:::::.,,,,...

'subject whl. ch pu t .E: the light' on man's .. '•and the instructor had to grade each Student . in ' .thetreaPect .::: ;••••••••;:.;••••:.•;•••:::::-.:.,.:- • . '

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The SS junlcc. rschula Qg..arurb 'vies ono • Of Ahroo its IdnchTho ' other,' two schools Wcro 3 t,ed •• t

4attor being ,̀ the Main school.'••• sthree ins t?...tutions;:.•ser,vodbabh:ecririci,aasted'aboUt::'

six months, with zibout liO rY :n • attending-, 'If the :de..haridfer....nOW.`...;:..:officer mat:irial rose tilt? strLio 2-ere aceerdlitli'citt •to',fiveor oven fear ment'ne. L ie this sehJel n't.1 ins teri Tr6re ::iii*aber's. .

: the Waffen SS . . The coUrso covers-A tho . .ColloT.ing ..subje.cts..:.1.5eritry.'::„.., • •

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tactics, infantry weapons (gunnory), motor transport, communications,sports, and oight hours a reek &wet-A to 7oltanschauung (world .perception).. Discussions ()nail topics were quite frequent and.notecarried out until the point that the instructor felt that it mightinfluence the rest of tho class.

XI. PaISOXILITIES

.UCH Major,. Commander of Jagdvcrband.Ost

BELL, Dr: SS:HauptstUrmfuchier, instruntor of7eltanschauungat :.my armored OCS..at Putlos.Age 37; height:.1.80 MOlair blond. • , . • ..

. .7iajor,•.Commander, Of Jagdvciband Sued Ost,

•SS Untersturmfuehrer; instructor of tactics atArmy armored OCS at Putlos; height 1.72 m; hairdark blond; eyes blud; age 26.

SS Standartenfuehrer, Comanding Officer of SSJunkerschule at Klagenfurt; age 38; eyes blue;height 1.85 m; vearer of the Knight's Cross.

SS Hauptsturmfuehrer, Commanding Officer at ArRYarmored OCS, at Bitche; . age 36; height 1.75 El; .

.very spare:: hair; r5ght log amputated.

SS Oberscharfuehrer, commanded eastern troop ofMission Friedland.

.$S Obersturmfuchrer, Conrznding Officer of Jagd-verbandritto; ago 35; height 1.78 m; hair blond;eyes brown; wears glasses. .

SS Hauptsturauchrer; instructor, of tactics atAmy armored OCS at Mies; ago 35; eyes blue;height 1.85 m; hair black;

- SS Obersturnfuchrer; iLdjutant at SS Junkerschuleat Klagnnfurt; age 24; hair'dark blond; height1.90 n; eyes blue.

SS Oberscharfuchrer, commanded Tiostorn troop atMission Friedland.

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HERBS1LIEB

'HEUER'

HILLING

KERSTEN

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SS Oborstunnfuehrer; General Information for newOfficrs at SS Junkerschule Klagenfurt; age 28eyes blue; hair blond; height 1.90 m.

SS Hauptsturmfuchrer; Commander of JagdverbandNord West; ago 38; height 1,75 m; hair black;oyes dark.

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SS Obersturmfuehrer;. instructor•of Tactics atAnTrarmorod OCS at Bitche;.age 32; hair blond;ckcs blue; has a.pitted comploxion.

SS Hauptsturmfuenrer; instructor of Tactics atSS. Junkorschulc Klagenfurt;'• ago 32;..holght1.85 u; dark hair; ;eyes dark; loft leg amputated,

Hauptsturmfuehrer General Infornation_toOfficers at SS Junkerschule Klagenfurt; ago 28;height 1.72 m; hair light.'

• SS Untersturmfuchrer;-vas with Jaegerbattalion502; 1.73 in tall; dark hair; is 25 years old.'

is married and lives in NorthGermany,-Adjutant of Jagdverband Nitta.

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Lieutenant; joined .the Jagdverbdonde in January'. 1945; 1.80 in inn; dark hair; . age 30; .PlatoonLeader in Company One, Jagdverband Hitte.I

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SS Untersturtfuchrer; was with the Jaegerbatta7-lion 502 since oarly'1944; 1.68 m •tall; light 1.

age Z; married and lives inlierthl.Germany;Special. Service Officer of' Jagdverband.Nittc.

SS Obersturmfuehror; game totho4itgavertiandin February 1945 fraa the SS Junkerschule:Klagenfurt; 1.75 in tall; dark hairage:35;-single; Commander of CoMpany Three,. Jagdverband,.latto.•

Obersturpfuehrer; instructor ofTactics,at: Fahnenjunkorschtle K1agenfurtage.:,25;::-height:

m; . blend hair; blue Cyes;' . :round facei, : j •

SS Untorsturmfuchror;.instructer . of Tactics at •Fahnenjunkerschulo.Klagonfurt; age 22; hair

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RIFILER $S Untorsturmfuchrer; . joincd the Jagdverbaendoin December 1944; 1.70 in tall; light hair; married;Technical Officer of Jagdvorband

PISTON Untersturmfuchraq instructor of Tactics at Fahnon-junkerschulo Klagenfurt; ago 26; hair dark; oyesdark; height 1.75 m; has a pointed chin.

LA QUIANTE SS Hauptsturafuchror; instructor of weapons andgunnery at SS Junkerschulc Klagenfurt; ago 57;height 1.80 m; hair blond; eyes blue.

ROSENBUSCH ' SS Sturmhannfuehrer; Conmanding Officer of Classat SS JUnkerschulc Klagenfurt; age 33; height1.72 m; .hair, blond; .eyes blue; face round.

SCHT:IDT SS Obersturmfuchrer; came to Jagdverband nittoin December 1944; 1..70 in tall; brown hair; ago' .30; married and lived in Sudetenland; Administra-tion Officer of Jagdverband Nitta.

SCHREIRM

SS Untersturmfuehrer; Commander of Fluspkampf-,schwimmer; age 24; height 171M; hair blond;eyes brown.

SCHUERT SS. Obersturmfuchrer,• Commander of ReconnaissanceCompany of Jagdverband Yitte

STEPHAN

STRECKER

SS Unterstureuehror; instructor of Tactics atSS Junkerschule Klagenfurt; dge 24; height 1.8O m;hair blond; eyes blue.

SS Hauptsturmfuohror; instructor of Tactics atSS JunkerschUlc Klagenfurt; age 27; height 1.80 m;blond hair; .ayes blue; left log and right hand •

amputated: •

STRECITUSS . SS Hauptsturmfuehrer, Commander of Signal Unitof SS Jagdvorbacnde.

YaLThil

7.7LNECK

SS Obersturafuchrer; Adjutant to SKORZENY; ago •

L12; height 1.79.m .; hair blond; eyes blue; wearerof the Knight's Cross.

Oberstunnbannfuehror, Amt VI e of the RSHA.

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;ETTER, Dr. SS Untersturafuchror and instructor of sportsat SS Junkerschulo Klagcnfurt; ago 32; hairdark; eyes blue; height 1.85 m;

&ICH SS Obersturmfuchrer; instructor of political' schooling at SS Junkersdhule Klagenfurt; hairblond; oyes blue; face round;.1.72 m tall.

XII. CONCLUSION

The information given by Siarccis judged reliable and truthful.Subject cooporated . in every ray and could not be *regarded as a securitythreat. .He is rdlling to act as an informer in a detention camp andshould- not be treated as a political prisoner.

DISPOSITION

As a Hauptsturmfuchrer in the ::effen SS, Source is to be detainedat usWpc under present do-Nazification directives.

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