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FIRST DETAILED INTERROGOION REPORT

Source : GIRG, Uhlter

Position : SS Hc:uptsturmfuchror
SS Jagdverbaonde.

Case No. ; S022

Ref. No. : S022/USDIC/DC10

Date : 22 January' 1946

Copy . No. 1t4

This report contains iriforation primarily of' .the SS

JagdyerbacncL, 'emphasizing SS Jasdverband nitte, and two
important 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 Germans
and a brief history of the Schutzkorps Alponland (SW..

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DECL ASSIFIED AND R JOSEPH KOLISCH
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I. SOURCE: DESCRIPTION AND VITAL STAT:CS TT CS 1

II. JAEGER BATTALION 502 2

.• F0R7ATI ON
B. ORRUG1 S 2

III. THE SS JAGDV7 •1131•01DE 3

A. FOR :A TI ON 3
B. TABLE OF ORGANIZATION 3
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C. LL:':EUP OF A JAGDVFRBAND 5

• iv. • SS JAGDVFRBAND ItITTE. 5

V. THE IISSIOM WIDFRIED (UNTE•RNEIVEN GIRG ) 6

A. PFtEPARATI MIS • 6
B. THE FINAL PLANS • 7
C. EQUIEMIT 7
D. IN ACTION PITH TRIT PP 37 TTE 8
E. THE OTHER TRUPPS 9

V11 ANO'rHER MISSION 9

VII. TOTAL EINSATZ (SUICIDE I SSION ) 10

A . THE GFR:ILN VERSION 10

•B ICA/ PFGES CHI-110ER 200 10
C. THE FLUSSIC/II IPFS CHU ;FR • 11

VIII. SCHUTZKORPS AL PENLA ND ( SKA ) .11

• IX. AY MCORED OCS IN ITINIMSDORF 12

X. SS JUNICFRSCHULE AT KLAGENFURT S12

XI. PERSONALITIES • .13

XII • CONCLUSION

XIII DISPOSITION .. 16

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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, dated
18 October 19h5, this Headquarters. Personal description and a short
biography are included therAn.

According to Source) he conceived of •a plan in 1944 of assembling

groups of German volunteers rho would execute long-range'intelligonce
missions and thus enable the German High Com-aand to be on its 7aard
against Russian sutprisc attacks and give it time to retreat.

.Accordingly, on 1 August 1944 he was transferred to the school of

the 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 u LANDERIED u and has also boon named l'Unternehmen
GIRG returned from this mission in September and wont to a hos-
pital because of rounds incurred. After his release from the hospital
he received the “Ritterkrcuz il for his accomplishments and a six-weeks
leave.

By the time he returned for duty at the beginning of • January 1945

the SS . Jagdverbacnde had been organized, with jacger Battalion 502 in-
corporated. GIRG belonged to Jagdverband Mitte, but was with his
organization Only a short time before he left again on 1 February 1945,
witha new mission. 'He remained behind. Russian lines until Hatch, then
became 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 tactical
situations individual German soldiers or small units had become separated
from the main body as much as 200 kilometers, and their observations
furnished the intelligence officers of the divisions with important
• information.

. Apart from the ordinary Frontaufklacrungstruppcn a certain number

of groups were formed to undertake these long-range reconnaissance,
special mission, and sabotage operations.

After SS Obersturmbannfuehrer SKORZENY had liberated HUSSOLINI

that year'he received the additional assignment of establishing a
battalion of German volunteers to be used for special missions, and
Jaeger Battalion 502 was formed for that purpose , in the fall of l9!3.
Everyman was to receive special and varied training'- horeseback
riding, driving all kinds of vehicles, flying, parachute jumping, etc.
The battalion was activated in the Castle Friedenthal in Sachscnhausen
and placed directly under Amt VI s of the RSHA. It consisted of a
staff company, a. Number One Company, and a Number Two Company, with
cadramen coming form the ITaffen SS.

B. OPERATIONS

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

number of u Trupps4. Which would undertake long7range•reconnaissancó

and combine it With sabotage. The trupps were purely military units
and did not operate as, for example, agents who •establishcd . themselves
in certain areas and remained there. The trupps generally' camped
weeded, 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 men and consisted entirely of German and foreign volunteers in
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proportion of•two.Germans to one foreigner.

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They worked in the following manner: The trupp was divided into
four sections of six men each, working independently, and the sections
. were to later . meet at previously designated rendezvous points. They
roamcd . .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 target

was to be destroyed the entire trupp was mobilized for the task. The •
intelligence Missions were generally facilitated by contacts with members
of the local population who acted as informers. 1,:very Such contact with
civilians 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 executed
and 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, still
under 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; . Fallschirmjacger
battalion 500, which became Fallschirmjaegerbattalion 600, a part of.
the SS Jagdvorbacnde; parts of the Regiment Brandenburg, split up among
the Various Jagdverbacnde; part of the KaRpfgeschwader 200, split up
among 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 of
1944. Jagdvorbacnde Ost, Sued, Nord n-est, and Sued nest Were about
70 % 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 Berlin

Commander: . SS Obersturabannfuehrer SKORZENY .
Chief of Staff: SS Oborstumbannfuehrcr DaTER
Signal Unit: A detachment of the SS Jagdverbacnde. Signal Unit.
Supply Unit:detachment
A of the SS Jagdverbaende Supply Unit.

2. Jagdverband

Location: SachsenhauSen near Berlin

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Commander: SS Ob-Jrsturmfuchrer FUCOR

Composition: three ca:Ipanies of 100 men each (only German
' volunteers) and three SS officers each. •

3. Jagdverband Ost:

Location: . Hohensalzach im 'Sfarthegau

Commander: Major OCH
Composition: Volunteers who spoke very good Russian, Polish,
Latvian, Finnish, and also volunteer Ukranians,
Finns and Poles

'SS Jagdverband Sued Ost:

Location: Near. Krems (Oberdonau)

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Commander: Major BRTSCH

Composition: Gorman volunteers speaking the following languages.
fluently: Slovakian, Hungarian, Roumanian, Bulga-
rian, Serbian. Also nationals of the above named
countries.-

S. 85 Jagdverboand Nord host:

Location: NeUstrelitz.in Okermark

Commander: SS Hauptsturmfuehror HEUER
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Composition: Volunteers from Flanders, Holland, and Denmark

6. SS Jaadverband Sued West:

Location: Near Stuttgart

Commander: Hajor '(Name unlmoun to Source)
Composition: Belgian and French volunteers.

7; Fiusskampfschrimmor:

Location: ' Vienna

Commander: SS Unterstumfuehrer SChMEIBER.
Composition: Consisted only of about 100 German volunteers..

. Signal Unit:

Location: 771th every SS Jagdverband; school located in the

Harz Mountains.
Commander: .8S STRECITUSS
Hauptsturnfuchrcr .

COMposition: Only German volunteers .

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(The SS Jagdv.:Isbaende were committed by tho Fuchrungsstab of the

OW in coordination with Amt VI of the RSHA..)

C. HAUTIP OF JA0DV7RBiUD

The equipment of a Jagdvcrband (motorized and equipped) consisted

approximately of the following:

1. Staff Company: Signal Section with a .70-watt receiver and a

sufficient 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 as

Number One Company.

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

one Company.

S. Number four Company, Heavy. Company: Armored .reconnaissance

section with two heavy and four light armored .cars. , Amphibian
engineer section (Pionicr Stosstrupp) equipped with demolition
material and flame throwers.. A heavy mortar section in armored
ears. 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 of

Jaeger .Battalion :502 were assigned to the new group, and the battalion
itself was reorganized into SS . Jagdverband ntte, as mentioned abovo.

Following is the organization. of JagdverbandlUtte as of February

19145.

Battalion Commander: SS Obersturnfuchrer FUCKER

Staff:

Adjutant: SS Untersturnfuch=
Administration: . SS Oberstunafuchrer SCHVIDT
Technical Officer: SS Unterstumfuehrer HUMER
Special 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. approximately
120 men. Equipment 14e any infantry company.

Company Number Two:

Company Commander: Unknown to Source

Platoon leader: . SS Untersturmfuehror HAT:TEL; killed in action.
Strength approximately 120 men. Equipment like first company.

Company Number Three:

Company Commander: SS Obersturnfuchrer LUDUIG

Platoon 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 armored
reconnaissance car, six armored half-tracks.

V. TiLEISSION LANDFRIED (UNTERYEWEY GIRO

A. PREPARATIONS

On 26 August 1944 GIRG received from his immediate commander, SS

Oberstunnbannfuehrer SKORZENY, a top secret order for the nVissien
UNDERIT.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 to
carry extra weapons which were to be distributed among the civilian
population, to organize the local population and thus establish a
'defensive line between Tamesburg and .Kronstadt. . This action was
supposed to halt the advance of the Russians and Roumanians until
Geraan troops could relieve the group.

The equipment was very defective, and the time for preparation was
very short. GIRG and his men travelled by rail with their equipment
and'arrived in Vienna, Whore Obersturmbannfuehrer 'aNECK of Amt VI c of
the RSEU gave Source further orders. The airplanes were standing ready
at 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. another

unit 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, he
flew. 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 in this particular area .and who agreed . completely •
ari law

with Source's plans.

FIRL PLUIS •

. The new plans were as follows: There were to be three 1st:Connaissance

• and sabotage groups:

L. .• • The eastern • trupp„ . the command of • SS OLerscharfuehrer

under

FRITSM., was . to commit ..sabotage the passes about .

in kilometers .
10

•tenth of Kront.tadt, make reconnaissance, and , then come back with the
a

.. 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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. The WO s-tcrn trupp, arido, r tho coMmand • Of • •SS . 0berscha,rfuehrer •

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1-141-fli, would . .operate as far as •nausburg and 20 leacpeters • to the south,
withthe identical mission. • •
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..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 the
group was to live 'off the land,. al
information was . :to . ...be . obtained from • •
• the •population. Each trupp had• one commander and
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25 SS men, and equip-

ment : consisting • of hand weapons, der.lolition. material, and maps, . • •

C. -..EQUIRITTT

.• 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- •
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The equipl. •;ht roc r.r•nsisted n.f a light uniform, and

rucksaelc• 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 first
aid 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 y the planes' could not be
•uted. for a prelilinary reconnaissanco : flight.; The group crossed the
border • 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 that
1'. 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

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. • •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 marched
towards the Rotonturra Pass: . At that time the strength of /,•the Romanian
forces mardhing towards Agnetenn and the strength ...of the .Russian.units
Operating around the Rotenturm Pass had been ' :found;out: . ..Tho •group • -
• arrited there after a ten hour mountain climb.. They intended to 'spend
the 'night and to begin gatherzng information fran the Roumanians.
• Guards, Were posted, but two hous after dark they . werci surprised by a
, R1.is s
. ian unit and surrounded. .*Ster a heavy fight the group managed
ta:escape . without cur casualties; In Heltau . thoy, observed the advance
of 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 35

kilometers towards the main line of resistance, constantly in the ipme-
diato vicinity of the Russian advaccing columns. They advanced so
quickly that they arrived in Hades in a Rumanian depot. GIRG's group
was 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 head
andhaving his foot perforated by another bullet. .Notwithstanding his
wounds, he Marched 20 :kilometers until he reached the Gorman lines
and made all Of hisroports .. His comrades were presumably killed.
.GIRO 'WaS imMediately brought to the anny commander and made a more
complete report comprising. , political, military, and social:intelligence.
Hehad *found out, through his reconnaissance mission that the Russians
intended pUshing over Klausenburg with fresh armored troops and with
anti-tank artillery.. Because the array cammanderwas informed of this
news'he . was . able to reform his lines and avoid encirclemekt.

• E.. THE OTHRR TRUrPS

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 of
Kronstadt.

The western trupp came back with valuable reconnaissance intelligence.

Some of the men who had been left behind in Rumania finally joined a
17/T . intelligence group operating'in Runania on 30 Harch 1945 and Pere
working for them. The group had suffered about 40 % casualties during
the mission, most of whan had boon declared missing in action since
1 October 1944 and comprised one NO and eight men. The intelligence
group had been loft in Rumania during the last days of the war and never
returned home.

LFOTHUZ BEHIND-THE-LIIIE FISSION

In February 1945 Source volunteer. A for another reconnaissance .

'mission behind the Russian lines, between Danzing and Breslau. His
orders read only genoral reconnaissance. The absence of German air
reconnaissance at that time made the mission necessary. 411though the
mission 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 some
small arms. Men on 13 February 1945 group. lost its . only radio
the

set, the work of the mission as such was ended, and the men tried to
return, to the German .linos. They reached the town of Kelburg,:mbiCh was
then 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 It Scidlitz .g oVament. The reaseafor•this accusation
was•baseclon: (1) tho capture of the Soidlitzagentsuholnfiltrated
into Kolburgthe . day . bcfore; (2)-tho thought:by-the commander of the
town that it was impossible to pass the Russian and Genhanli.L.R..mithout
being recognized. Source was sentenced .death but released a few
to

daysi.ater. whenrecOgnited by.. .other German . officers.:.',He i then was ordered

to 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) .

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. 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 such
as that of thc Japanese. There was a,pOssibility of :completingdan-
gerous missions and still savingthe lives of personnel.
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.No actual Gorman unit was entirely Committed tOotalHEinsatz.
• .Instead, . It . was tainly a matter Of indiVidual : Volunteerseffering to
,..„• • . perfo m special missions-. Several different units:uureProyided for
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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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-B. kiTTFO1?.S0HriADER 200 •
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In theiutmer . of l9141 the German,Luftwaffe...establiShed'this:unit
•••• • of:v0iuntcers • uhe Werc,rce4y to execute any Tota34inSaizeleans : of- -
pursuit planes, which would ram into enarayAorpodo planes l -or dive
gliders. 'The Kampfgeschwtder 200 was also to provide airplanes to drop:
• agents in the rear of enemy lines,' • : . •

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Tho suicidal mm-M3 of enomy planes was accmpishod successfully

several times, hut, the divi gliders, althourj1 constructed, wore never
used.

A finnl exprircrit of the 1:ampfgoschwader 200 wasthe parachute

ball, which contained two ants to be dropped on a mission. After
landing they would' desbroy the ball,. The mission of the agents-was
sabotage 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 towards the targetf•rom a distance
swim

abouttwentykilomoters. 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 missions
the 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 .that

title 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•fostered
SS.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-watt
ViT'sets and by couriers, The central 1VT station was called nBricf-
taube". The supply depot was established in Radstadt in the Tauorn
mountains.
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The entire pl y.11 ; . bat:al.'s° the

7 .11.6 i01111cloriod

Ifest:rn J.11Lc o :11 1.:r et surrender the non

of the ICorpJ 4.. r.tan coParatian
centers fe:. fer..7.--.1 Serj.: fz. ) th)J er.n xned :ercas Until .
then the riein b•;:n von thc tr. o.nsic::: of and looting
of the couLt2y's ...-rea2,.th by the c .nec.ling !altos.

IX; ;',Pla P. i0RD OCS 711

The 1.7chrrv.cht eziored 0C1.3 in Tiinnersdorf was . dividod into three

groups ,: t-.70 of Which 3.pc,-..-bc'.r3 in 7;:i.n27erdorf proper; . The third
group was stationed at 1ut1os/O1den1iu2-g, Osthelstein, -until November.
transfcrrod to Pallingpostel (60 km north of Hannover).
• The instructi:onn. of ..tkte three yoips were identical.: Thiln group one
I

and two :Wert: made up Of pc:rcozinel, group throe was attended by

officer 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,-;r1 -. ..i for -three months The instructions there covered
commtuiicationa (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 were
similar, but On:p. more advanced . scale, -
. • • .. .:According to •Source, , .between -300 . to 400. MC* lett:ended::group -three
for .: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" ;; (world
perception) was- given in addition to the technical. subjects.. .Thoilast
oliri,.:11:oro s , devoted te. ..a gentralland rather freer discussion,' in 'thih
thegreater 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 .::: ;••••••••;:.;••••:.•;•••:::::-.:.,.:- • . '

SS '-.JUNICPTiSCHUI.,P, 12,161TFURT . .,• • T.

The SS junlcc. rschula Qg..arurb 'vies ono • Of Ahroo its Idnch

Tho ' other,' two schools Wcro 3 t,ed • t
4attor being `, the Main school.'••• sthree ins t?...tutions;:.•ser,vod
babh: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',five
. . or 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.note
carried out until the point that the instructor felt that it might
influence the rest of tho class.
•ia

XI. PaISOXILITIES .1 •

.UCH Major,. Commander of Jagdvcrband.Ost

BELL, Dr: SS:HauptstUrmfuchier, instruntor of7eltanschauung

at :.my armored OCS..at Putlos.Age 37; height:.
1.80 MOlair blond. • , . • ..
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BENESCH ,
7iajor,•.Commander Of Jagdvciband Sued Ost,

B/AIS •SS Untersturmfuehrer; instructor of tactics at

Army armored OCS at Putlos; height 1.72 m; hair
dark blond; eyes blud; age 26.

BESZIANN SS Standartenfuehrer, Comanding Officer of SS

Junkerschule at Klagenfurt; age 38; eyes blue;
height 1.85 m; vearer of the Knight's Cross.

,FII..7T143171/ SS Hauptsturmfuehrer, Commanding Officer at ArRY

armored OCS, at Bitche; . age 36; height 1.75 El; .
.very spare:: hair; r5ght log amputated.

„ FRITSCH SS Oberscharfuehrer, commanded eastern troop of

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Mission Friedland.
,

.$S Obersturmfuchrer, Conrznding Officer of Jagd-

verbandritto; ago 35; height 1.78 m; hair blond;
• •
eyes brown; wears glasses. .
• •

GMBlt SS Hauptsturauchrer; instructor, of tactics at

Amy armored OCS at Mies; ago 35; eyes blue;
height 1.85 m; hair black;

- SS Obersturnfuchrer; iLdjutant at SS Junkerschule

at Klagnnfurt; age 24; hair'dark blond; height
1.90 n; eyes blue.

SS Oberscharfuchrer, commanded Tiostorn troop at

Mission Friedland.

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HERBS1LIEB SS Oborstunnfuehrer; General Information for new

Officrs at SS Junkerschule Klagenfurt; age 28
eyes blue; hair blond; height 1.90 m.

'HEUER' SS Hauptsturmfuchrer; Commander of Jagdverband

Nord West; ago height 1,75 m; hair black;
38;

oyes dark.
•

HILLING SS Obersturmfuehrer;. instructor•of Tactics at

AnTrarmorod OCS at Bitche;.age 32; hair blond;
ckcs blue; has a.pitted comploxion.

KERSTEN SS Hauptsturmfuenrer; instructor of Tactics at

SS. Junkorschulc Klagenfurt;'• ago 32;..holght
1.85 u; dark hair; ;eyes dark; loft leg amputated,

; KINt . Hauptsturmfuehrer General Infornation_to

Officers at SS Junkerschule Klagenfurt; ago 28;
height 1.72 m; hair light.'

.iovezci7. • SS Untersturmfuchrer;-vas with Jaegerbattalion

1.73 in tall; dark hair; is 25 years old.'
502;

is married and lives in NorthGermany,

-Adjutant of Jagdverband Nitta.
•

KRUEGER Lieutenant; joined .the Jagdverbdonde in January'

. 1945; 1.80 in inn; dark hair; age 30; .Platoon
.

Leader in Company One, Jagdverband Hitte.I

•

SS Untersturtfuchrer; was with the Jaegerbatta7-

lion 502 since oarly'1944; 1.68 m •tall; light 1.

age Z; married and inlierthl.Germany;

lives

Special Service Officer of' Jagdverband.Nittc.

.

SS Obersturmfuehror; game totho4itgavertiand

in 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 Jagdverbaendo

.

in 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; oyes
dark; height 1.75 m; has a pointed chin.

LA QUIANTE SS Hauptsturafuchror; instructor of weapons and

gunnery at SS Junkerschulc Klagenfurt; ago 57;
height 1.80 m; hair blond; eyes blue.

ROSENBUSCH SS Sturmhannfuehrer; Conmanding Officer of Class

'

at SS JUnkerschulc Klagenfurt; age 33; height

1.72 m; hair, blond; .eyes blue; face round.
.

SCHT:IDT SS Obersturmfuchrer; came to Jagdverband nitto

in 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 Reconnaissance

Company of Jagdverband Yitte

STEPHAN SS Unterstureuehror; instructor of Tactics at

SS Junkerschule Klagenfurt; dge 24; height 1.8O m;
hair blond; eyes blue.

STRECKER SS Hauptsturmfuohror; instructor of Tactics at

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

amputated: •

STRECITUSS . SS Hauptsturmfuehrer, Commander of Signal Unit

of SS Jagdvorbacnde.

YaLThil SS Obersturafuchrer; Adjutant to SKORZENY; ago •

L12; height 1.79.m.; hair blond; eyes blue; wearer

of the Knight's Cross.

7.7LNECK Oberstunnbannfuehror, Amt VI e of the RSHA.

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;ETTER, Dr. SS Untersturafuchror and instructor of sports

at SS Junkerschulo Klagcnfurt; ago 32; hair
dark; eyes blue; height 1.85 m;

&ICH SS Obersturmfuchrer; instructor of political

' schooling at SS Junkersdhule Klagenfurt; hair
blond; 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 security
threat. .He is rdlling to act as an informer in a detention camp and
should- not be treated as a political prisoner.

DISPOSITION

As a Hauptsturmfuchrer in the ::effen SS, Source is to be detained

at usWpc under present do-Nazification directives.

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