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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.

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15. Military orAanisatizq
The military orgsnication is identical vith the above described
administration of the camp. There is no division between purely administrative
staff and military organisation.
The pomp is guarded by Russian sentris from maasiye viatdh
tollers located within "voice distance", approximately 50 ,metres from each .
other. The watch tovers are mann : d by one sentry, armed With-a sub-machine gun
and searchlight. The cmnp is lit up at night and patrolled . outside by
sentries with dogs. In the surrounding.areaaeveral notice boards announce
that persons attempting to ap proach the camp will be shot at uithont wnrning.
Ineide the camp, there ir a Camp Police consisting or the
inmates. A Russian sa•rgent in in charge of the Oamp Poliqc. The main..taak
of the Oamp P-licc . is to keep order among fellow prisoners ane.ler.RusSian
instructions. In addition, every hut has a senior prisonerwho is in.ohargo.of
the hut and is responsible for internal order mmong the fellow prisoners. The
°amp Police does duties outside the barracks and.oarries out searches on
.Russian instructions.
16. Categories of prisoners
A division of prisoners into categories for the purpose of
oorreotional labour is not known to informant.. The prisoners arc not employed
eNopt.tho:-:e who !:.re ce3cntial1y needed for the upkeep of-the L oamp, such as
a limited number of bakers, joiners, oodk6 or:similar, No privileged groups
of prison e rs arc known to informant either. To a certain odent:as privileged
.inmateacould be considered those who belong to the Camp Pollee or are
employed 'within the camp. They receive an additional issue or food stuff.
(50 gr. brea4, 19 gr. butter, 5 gr. sugar).
17. Dcsarimimtion bctvre , n nationalities
110 dcscrimination between thc nationalitts in the oamp waE
noticed by informant.
18. Labour
As mentioned under para. 16 pris . ■nerti,do not pe rform labour
except those employed ineidc the camp for the purpose of internal administratiw'
Number or the employed Ta-isomrs in the °map is'very limited. • I.
19. Food
Daily amount of foe, is as follows:
• Bre T kfastl
meal:
Supper:
litre witcry soup:
1 litre of 'soup
;.q. litre soup
In addition to that: 450 Sr. bread
15 gr. sugar .
15 gr. marmalade
Food parcels arc not allcoed.
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