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RE? NO : 5
SUBJECT: Military Information,INGOLSTaDT Aran.
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The folloviag information was submitted "by on experienced SSS agent who travelledNI0SKE7o BUChlDSlMnd Seeor Itinerary. See text for dato of Information.nices otherwise indicated. Map ref:tOO0
8 Aprili
1. There areaaeretten in BADccording to Boldlore. Great number of. Wounded raon were seen by agent. He saw at leutt.fficers, ell arms and service!,
2; Therenrr&ckB atX crossroads, Western partbe occupied by Wehrmachto'ei occupied by refugeesaffea SS guard at gate. Agent saw inWtcsW major and ah SS officer go into tho barracks. ietr at ion of tho Munich Toolkisener BoobachW is in thisfollowing
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gent eaw manyuedienl personnel. Thend 5th Co of Sanitaote Eras located in the town.
Sawen (mainly LW personnel) at MLUSnACH station waiting for train. Station operating normally.
oldlera, LW and VHitlor Jugeni, alecplng in atatlon in ROSENHEIMaiting for trains. Station operating
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B/L: Ho. 7thSS. didef, subj: Military InfornationArea, (cont'd)
9 April:
The station in SULZiJURGs in good condition. Agent saw0idinghassis of half-tracks onR cars, wore brand new and painted red.
3 therearracks, which afloat believes is used as dlroctor of troops, and general military administration. Agent is uncertain of location of FrontUistells In SALZBlfcG. There are ao concentrations of troops in barracks. Agent sawrmed inf troops sad urjy wounded soldiers on street in space of two hours. All troops to which agent spoke enfd that they were going to LIHZ.
Agent believes SALZBURGollecting and directing point for soldiers. rnffon SS were seen in tho whole town.
Approxnfantrymen evidently stationed In town were seen on itroet in RR station In TRaUNSTuIiJ is in goodand operating.
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agentlimpse of folded plans for defensive trenches in th*f kOLBSLMXfi-IBLIKGnd for the region of
On thef tho autobahn through tho hofoldingcr Porest1gent sawussian wi.rkors digging up the middle grass lane separating the two lanes. This was being done In throe separate places,tretch af tMtorn kris. length of separate excavationsn separatedm intervals. The lane was being dug downepth ofq and then being covered with groon branches eanouflaging tho excavation.
Oa the entire trip from 5ALZ3IHG to KUHICH along thu Reichsautobaha0gent sawKW and no other traffic whatsoever.
Mo tank blocks going into MUNICH from the Reichaautobahn. Thu bridge across the Isorwas intact. It did not seoa prep,vrcd for deoolition.
MUNICH agent saw onlynfS.
A third of the soldiers soon wore officers, jigont saw no Bfcreet barricades, OiJplaccuonts, or serious dofonoe preparations in/eity.
16. On road leading out of MUNICH, going north runningganteavy cable vroppo^ in rubber.says ltlivisionnl cable. It ran from6a^ int- wrj**s.
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6 agentquarotories highquare open court. Building housed Waffen SS troops.
poosito building containing SS, agent saw sovornl long buildings one story high, indicated by eign,Gsa ERSATZ UHD aUSBIUiUlIGS another sign road, "PAHZEP. USD KRaFTFaHRZUG Horth of both those buildings is a
the area0 agont heard practice firing often and tank.
road fron JfliMICH to) agent saw only There was noraffic, or anything ofignificancerouta.
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EICKERTShOJEKhoro the railroad, station is located agent sawocomotives.
gentoraouflaged factory. An air-raid alarm Bounded as agent passed and hoorkers coming out of tho building.
? agent sow an underground depot,ntrancosotors from the road. Three LKW were stanching in front of these entrances and boxos of supplies wero being londod into thea by LW personnel. oad wont by tho depot ints scuo woods am* some barncka were observed in the woodsetcrB fron main road.
BGOLSSaOTgent sawus ef aaao standing in the HR station. 0 hrs Aacricnr. planesombing attack and set tho cars on fire. Aano explodedorlodours after the attack.
4 agentarje Plooier Kaserne full of soldiers) Kasernetories high.
Tho bridge6 crossing- the Banubo going into IWCOLSTaUT wnu still whole and not damaged.
Zij. octors hi,,h.eters wldo. encirclos IWGoLSTaDT. The top of tho wall isnc. holes nre punctured in the wall so that there are apertures to shoot through.* There are opon-lngB in tho wall for the streets, but theso openings have tank blocks which
could bo olosod if the city wero attacked. There era several Reserve
Lnsorott in the city. Inentire city thoro0 troops stationed.
preponderantly Inf. with aany pionlors. f0ungarian
3/L; Hq 7thSS, dtdef. eubj: Military InformationIIGOLSTADT jiron. (cont'd)
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In HUEliraEaG the RR station which had baen bombed now had been rostorod sufficiently sorains were leaving on threo tracks froa tho station. Thereroops in tha waiting room (mostly inf and Ga? troops.) Three-fourths of theee troops left0 on three trains, the majority in direction of HaKHERG.
oad, under railroad,ank barricade.
In the southern part of SU1RTK agent saw many factories inome of which wore bombed out, but many of whichstill innt sawarge gas tank in tho neighborhood of these
?9. Tho bridgeho Regnitt River lending out of FUffiTh> was bcEbcd out sad lay in the river. etcro south further down the river thereenporary wood bridge. Tho bombed out bridge is being constructed againrew ofen.
agentlying field centeredt whichotal ofB-liO'fl, bl-motored planes, all well-camouflaged. Two wore on the air field and the othercro off to the west of the field.
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At tho Intersection of the RR and6nd well placed tank block. The two sides of the roar, are blockedamR bridge. pl in charge of the group to whom agent talked said that he would porsonally aee to it that his group would not fight bock, in order that tho village night bo saved. This laue arji said thatanther tanks had gone through the village on Sunday and wc;re heac'.ing in tho direction of HSUSTADT, and were to be hidden arnund tho woods of KSUSTaDT.
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