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This Central Intelligence Agency information report, declassified under the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, forwards copies of British interrogation reports from about December 1949. The main report covers a defector from the East German Volkspolizei school at Prenzlau and describes its strength, weapons, artillery training, staff and political character, with captured training documents attached. Another report describes the Sachsenhausen camp under Russian administration, including its guards, food, housing, medical care and death rate. The text contains no UFO material.
go VA ibgt:4 3 . • •. S C.00-93: Tho WhOlo-Inocoduro before tho ibovo montinod tribun4 lasted loss than five Llinutes. Subjoot Wad montoncod according to Bussian/lonal Oodo Para. 84 to th::ee yoars forced labour. Tho tribtutal consited of a Uuanian captain as a ohairman, two Russian soldiers as assistants, an intorprotor and two clorks. Rusaian subjects. There was no defending council an4 no chance Tor subject to speak in his own case. 9. Rqa.s.ona S ia.),A1; s The most cor,non reasons for 'ar:fest of the cariro inmates are as follows;•- Illegal frontier orssing connected with sus?icion of .es-.Jionage iinti -3 evict aotiv-itie 3 , including anti-Soviot -)rouaganda Illegal pOSSeaSiOn of arms Utealin of Russian property oven in sm,a3.1 i'olitical opposition ino.1 ucl ins ant i-SED tivitios I'artioication in any anti-3oviet orga.nisations. Lcliijtted (is. )iona,o and partici:Cation in anti-S.:viet ::esulted nozually in ._oner than 15 y :an.; sentences to be Bo rvo cl in tho 31,;.UTZEN cam-). The nonol course of arrrosts started usually with (lc:IT:Ian ;?olico when a -: )erson was ap7:)rehondod. Once a 1)risoner ,vas handed over to NKVD the rYilaining course was entirely- in its hanT;s. It includod further :investigation of Prisoner, • iostly before a military tribunal and passing of sentencos. No cascz within the camp are laiown to informant where the. prisoners vier() not brouht before a Russi-.n tribunal. 1,en:;th of sontences of ahCIFIIHiaraiN oayln vary-f.rt.;11 two to 15 years. Thoe with over 15 yearn ;lc nt enc e s e ta7con to TIMMY oa.tp, 10. oara') Subject Val• a7.1 )2." hende d. by Ger...tan Polico on 29 October 1946 in ECK,ZIT,HIE..'11-2 near "dElMid?.. On the date he .,.ras taken to tho NT:VD detachment at Ktf3I1EDI:l. also near WED.L.a. Purtho:: invocti,ations took. tho following course s 29.10.46 - 21.12.46 hole: in cella::: by NTZVD atDi. During his stay -‘-,-as :31y: tiaacs intorrogated s nost1;‘,:r at nigh'. 21.12.4.6 - 3.1.4.7 hold by NE:VD 4.1,47 trans;?ortod with other prisoners in trus.:13 to • "Zuchthaus °ohne" in HitIAIE with tho -,11.rf)osu of being brought before a Russian Military Tribunal. 4.1.47 - 166.47 hold in HAILE as montioned above. 16.3.47 - transoct od toO tiler with 350 other prisoners by rail to S;LCIT.LINUSLIN. 11. Inter-o vations and treat .rat before bein g sent to nal r) Whilst being held in subject was interrogated six tines, nostly at night • An interration lasted on an 6.verage two hours and was eiv:ried out b- one interrogator. First, however, interrogation was carried out by the head of the NKVD detaohment in the Presence of an interpreter. He wore plain clothes. Other intorrogations wore carried out by a uniformod NKVD official with the help of an interpreter. • • • U0i1RUL•U OfFtWA.S ONLV
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 45 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.