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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
: 22 January'

Date
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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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JAEGER BATTALION 502

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THE SS JAGDV7 113101DE

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THE IISSIOM WIDFRIED (UNTERNEIVEN GIRG )

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VII.

FOR :A TI ON
TABLE OF ORGANIZATION
LL:':EUP OF A JAGDVFRBAND

SS JAGDVFRBAND ItITTE.

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DESCRIPTION AND VITAL STAT:CS TT CS

PFtEPARATI MIS
THE FINAL PLANS
EQUIEMIT
IN ACTION PITH TRIT PP 37 TTE
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A . THE GFR:ILN VERSION

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IX. AY MCORED OCS IN ITINIMSDORF

X. SS JUNICFRSCHULE AT KLAGENFURT

XI. PERSONALITIES

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I. SOURCE: DESCRIPTION AND VITAL STATISTICS
This report should be read in conjunction with Preliminary Information 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 Jagdverbaonde. 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 hospital 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 incorporated. 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

number of u Trupps4. Which would undertake long7rangereconnaissanc
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
proportion oftwo.Germans to one foreigner.
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the following manner: The trupp was divided into

They worked
four sections of six men each, working independently, and the sections
. were to later . meet at previously designated rendezvous points. They
roamcd . . 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.
of the SS Jagdverbaende Supply Unit.
Supply Unit:detachment
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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)
Commander: Major BRTSCH
Composition: Gorman volunteers speaking the following languages.
fluently: Slovakian, Hungarian, Roumanian, Bulgarian, Serbian. Also nationals of the above named
countries.,

S. 85 Jagdverboand Nord host:

Location: NeUstrelitz.in Okermark
Commander: SS Hauptsturmfuehror HEUER
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
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COMposition: Only German volunteers .
Hauptsturnfuchrcr .

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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 engineers 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 approximately 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-Roumanii.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
with Source's plans.
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FIRL PLUIS

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

and sabotage groups:
. the command of SS OLerscharfuehrer
L. . The eastern trupp
kilometers .
the passes about .
FRITSM., was . to commit ..sabotage
reconnaissance, and , then come back with the
tenth of Kront.tadt, make
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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.

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,
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 the
group was to live 'off the land,.
information was . :to . ...be . obtained from
the population. Each trupp had one commander and
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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-
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The equipl. ;ht roc
.:a:tan clothes, sir ,3.1ar to thbse
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rucksaelc T.his
first aid equipment., co ncentrat-.
h%nd::::rehi-fs;
wornin
ed . foods, and a nunit,ien . for sulimach:t.ne gun and pistol. When the men
.:1121 was carried in the rucksack.)
*ore civilian clothes,
1r.per,
pencil., compass, a watch, a first
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with
t1ia.1
The men also er...rried
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.
L1NDFRI7D" was equipped with two' TI/T sots (quartz
The:entire

airplane
recognition panels. .
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TRUPP
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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
. 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 ipmediato 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.
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THE OTHRR TRUrPS

The eastern trupp saved a German army corps from complete encirclement 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
group. lost its . only radio
small arms. Men on 13 February 1945
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

The coiamanding officer of the town accused Sourco . and his men of .
being members of the It Scidlitz .g oVament. The reaseaforthis accusation
wasbaseclon: (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
daysi.ater. whenrecOgnited by.. .other German . officers.:.',He i then was ordered

to defend .a sector of the fortress city of Kolburg::

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

did not paricipatc in any Mission thereafter.
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VII. TOTAL FINSATZ (SUICIDEISSION) .

ME
GriUN VERSION
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-Tho.German'High Contend first conceived the idee-of:Total Einsatt

' after noting its
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 :completingdangerous missions and still savingthe lives of personnel.
.

.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
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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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:
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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 special rubber .suits and. diving apearatus with steel cutters and demolition
towards the targetfrom a distance
-loads,. With which they were to
abouttwentykilomoters. As Soon as they, arrived'at..the'target thayture . to attach the demolition equipment and itsAimc fuses against tho
*target and leave as soon as possible.
swim

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 Flusskampfsehwimmerwas 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 ahyattaeks . by - thaRussians.:.During .
...operationsmoro . adhcrents were to be recruited from thatiyilian.populdtion: The mission wastabe executed in suckaliMiy-121ekthe:anag7
...:, was'fOrced:to : recognizo the Schutzkorps as anAmpottahtopponant.

.-Hewever,4ts.recognitim as an underground.residtantmovamentfostered
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 campaign.. Rations for three months were also distributed. Signal cannunications 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 nBricftaube". The supply depot was established in Radstadt in the Tauorn
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Ifest:rn J.11Lc o
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coParatian
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of the ICorpJ
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Until
Serj.: fz. ) th)J er.n xned :ercas
centers fe:. fer..7.--.1
von thc tr. o.nsic::: of and looting
b;:n
then the
of 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 three

3.pc,-..-bc'.r3 in 7;:i.n27erdorf proper; . The third
groups ,: t-.70 of Which
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
pc:rcozinel, group throe was attended by
and two :Wert: made up Of
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,:
I

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,
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.: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
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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
t,ed
Tho ' other,' two schools Wcro 3

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.
XI.

ia

PaISOXILITIES

.UCH
BELL, Dr:
BENESCH

SS:HauptstUrmfuchier, instruntor of7eltanschauung

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

-1;

Major,. Commander of Jagdvcrband.Ost

B/AIS

FRITSCH
-

.1

SS Oberscharfuehrer, commanded eastern troop of

Mission Friedland.

.$S Obersturmfuchrer, Conrznding Officer of Jagdverbandritto; ago 35;

1.78 m; hair blond;
eyes brown; wears glasses.
.
height

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;
oyes dark.
38;

HILLING

SS Obersturmfuehrer;. instructorof 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.'
is married and lives in NorthGermany,
-Adjutant of Jagdverband Nitta.
502;

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 Jaegerbatta7lion 502 since oarly'1944; 1.68 m tall;
age Z; married and
inlierthl.Germany;
Special Service Officer of' Jagdverband.Nittc.
light

1.

lives

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 Fahnonjunkerschulo 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.
'

SS Obersturmfuchrer; came to Jagdverband nitto

in December 1944; 1 .70 in tall; brown hair; ago' .
30; married and lived in Sudetenland; Administration Officer of Jagdverband Nitta.

SCHT:IDT

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

YaLThil

7.7LNECK

SS Hauptsturmfuehrer,
of SS Jagdvorbacnde.

Commander

of Signal Unit

SS Obersturafuchrer; Adjutant to SKORZENY; ago

L12; height 1.79.m.; hair blond; eyes blue; wearer
of the Knight's Cross.
Oberstunnbannfuehror, Amt VI e of the RSHA.
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;ETTER, Dr.

&ICH

SS Untersturafuchror and instructor of sports

at SS Junkerschulo Klagcnfurt; ago 32; hair

dark; eyes blue; height 1.85 m;

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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Section, 00:463, U.S.'Army
SSU tar Department iiission to Austria, 0'0 . 777, U.S. AMY
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Cluttorbuck, Allied Commission for ustria:(British
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