Kü Club Meeting Summary (2012)

mrerick · 10-21-2014, 09:33 PM

Perhaps this is another clue to solving the mystery of the Ku Lugers.

I followed up on the depot that the Sturgess book referenced as being in Brandenburg at Krugau.

Turns out that this was known during the war as:

Flyer Technical Warehouse 14 (FTL-14) at Markische-Heide-Krugau.

http://wikimapia.org/31491461/de/Fli...e-Heide-Krugau

This was listed as a main ordinance depot for weapons in the Sturgess document (H.Za.). It is in the Berlin Military District III, and must have contained a forced labor camp. There is a Soviet War Memorial erected in 1946 in the cemetery of the Krugau district for 42 women, men and children that perished during the Second World War in a munitions factory doing forced labor.

Here's a description of the history of FTL-14:

https://translate.google.com/transla...e=form&act=url

Material storage

Krugau, FTL-14

Object data
<h2>

Construction 1939-40

Commissioning 01.06.1940 [1]

several storage bunkers, warehouses, production facilities

Siding from Börnichen-Schlepzig station (route Falkenberg - Beeskow)</h2>

Terms history
<h2>

Army ammunition factory and army-tank side Zeugamt [1]

after World War II bombing of the production and storage area

1958 Technical flyer bearing the NVA [3]

around 1980 construction of a shooting range [2]

October 1990 takeover by the Bundeswehr as "Spreewald barracks" of LwMatDp 51 [3]

since August 1994 cards bearing east of the Bundeswehr

since 01.01.2005 medical supplies bearing the armed forces base [4]</h2>

Map [5]

© Public Domain, Courtesy Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University

Photo documentation
Fertigungs- und Lagerbereich

Bahnverladung

So... could this be the birthplace of Ku Lugers?

Marc

10-21-2014, 09:33 PM	#4
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,140 Times in 1,520 Posts	Another shoe drops on this Ku Mystery... Perhaps this is another clue to solving the mystery of the Ku Lugers. I followed up on the depot that the Sturgess book referenced as being in Brandenburg at Krugau. Turns out that this was known during the war as: Flyer Technical Warehouse 14 (FTL-14) at Markische-Heide-Krugau. http://wikimapia.org/31491461/de/Fli...e-Heide-Krugau This was listed as a main ordinance depot for weapons in the Sturgess document (H.Za.). It is in the Berlin Military District III, and must have contained a forced labor camp. There is a Soviet War Memorial erected in 1946 in the cemetery of the Krugau district for 42 women, men and children that perished during the Second World War in a munitions factory doing forced labor. Here's a description of the history of FTL-14: https://translate.google.com/transla...e=form&act=url Material storage *Krugau, FTL-14* Object data <h2> Construction 1939-40 Commissioning 01.06.1940 [1] several storage bunkers, warehouses, production facilities Siding from Börnichen-Schlepzig station (route Falkenberg - Beeskow)</h2> Terms history <h2> Army ammunition factory and army-tank side Zeugamt [1] after World War II bombing of the production and storage area 1958 Technical flyer bearing the NVA [3] around 1980 construction of a shooting range [2] October 1990 takeover by the Bundeswehr as "Spreewald barracks" of LwMatDp 51 [3] since August 1994 cards bearing east of the Bundeswehr since 01.01.2005 medical supplies bearing the armed forces base [4]</h2> Map [5] © Public Domain, Courtesy Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University Photo documentation Fertigungs- und Lagerbereich Bahnverladung So... could this be the birthplace of Ku Lugers? Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.