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8. His original instruoticee from the RSHA when he begen the Auffhng-
stulle wore that ell returning persomnel of the Kceeendas were to be kept
in DANZIG to be used as combat troops for sterming the Russian edvance.
Since this however applied to al etregglers WILTICH, the Befehlahaber de
ZIPO in DOUG, oomplained to the RBRA. that tha..u.wer, neither the ration:,
nor equipment available for them. The RSHA than a/lewod LEXER to send tho'
2Corinandos beek to uhatever fermation they were going.
9. He states that he had nolaak of sending them an new eiisions. Indiud
he maintains that he was satirtimes not aware of ,hat they had actuelly been
doing. He had contacts with the Lathan/6a and a naval liaison officer
GRASSNAN ehould plane or shipping seoommodation be necessary.
10. The original ideas of the &theme were that the Kommandos Should have
a reporting ecntre at their disposal and that LEM could keepTILL1CR
Warred of the presenee and personnel of these Komandos that maybe
operating within his provinoe. When INTER began work however the situation
was so fluid and communications so bad, that the letter teak wns not
prnaticable.
(For details of /Commando personnel received by LETER see AppentimD).
U. Other Auffengstellen known to LITER were at ISETHIlibl, KONIGSBERG,
and LAU. LEIER received all his instructions from the ANL buthe
maintains nevertheless that he van atiil.on the staff of the DANZIG police
and that the Au/Tungsten* me ely a s000ndery jab.
12. Hs stayed in IIVIZIG until the Russian advance threatened the town and
he was than inetructed bylrigadefitsrer mum to go to BERM to the
MG. This with& sane order, hoverer, Om to ail otter UFO aod SD
officials in the threatened areas.
13. It ocetoornod about 800 smah.offieials who hod fled &colas* Prussia
during the Russian advance. They mere all flocking to DANZMG, and WILLI=
had no manna of accomeodating them. CHM, as Kamcandeur der SIY0 in
BRONBERG, also in DANZIG, than went to RERUN to explain the position to
ERRLINGERand it was arranged that they Should be sent to BBRIAN by refugee
trains and bontn. On DETER'. own boat, for instance, by ehicb he wont port
of the is to SCHWERIN were about 200 such officials. .
24. Ha left DANZIG 27 March 45 and arrived in =mum via WANGERMONDE and
ROSTOCK at the end of March. Here he was taken ill and forbidden to travol
by his doctor. LEYER rennined in SCHWERIN with his wife and children and
by April 5 hod recovered from his illness sufficiently, at any rate, to
again make plans for his ocatinued evacuation. His address here wals ----cv.zs;.:4,
a/o Dr. KRAMER, Augeathrocknorstrasse 3. Flo telegraphed the RSHA and Afig'47..,,,ziva
dor SIPO in SCHWERIN. This he did and three weeks later (during Which tine
he did nothing) he witnessed the arrival of the RSHA. evecoattang from BERLIN. &WW1
15. The RSRA arrived in SCHURZ on about 26 April 46 and sit up office in Isny,440
the buil ding of the SCHWERIN'S/PO in the WilhelmaGustoffstr. under SS leZt!Gruppenfehrer OHIJETRXESIF. The set op of the RSHA at mom um as follows:
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' then received inetructione . fram them to report to Rag. Dir. awl, Leiter IzEwzmaiA
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I lersonelart Leiter Brtgodotehror 111Rumoo
II Viroatuog . - ARAM
. III SD • GruPPanfeltr =MOW
/V Gestapo ■ Cborstotteoneataw LISCSKA
V Xripo (not known whether there)
VI Politisahor
Naohriehtendienst Standortonithror RAPP