PRODUCTION AND PERSONALITIES AT VEB CARL ZEISS JENA

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• Publication Date: May 5, 1953
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CENTRAL INTELLI.GE.NCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
East Germany
Production and Personalities at VEB
Carl Zeiss, Jena
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THE SOURCE ' EVALUATIONS ' IN THIS RETORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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Planned
19OutRILTt,
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1.. Production
The following table shows the planned output for 1952 and the actual output
during the period l.January 1952 to 15 October 3.952 at. Carl Zeiss, Jena, of
optical and laboratory equipment:
Item
5 May 1953
4
Actual Output
1 January 195),P- to
15 October '1952
4A1
6 x 21+
18,000
11,050
6 x 30
60,000
1}3? 16:6
8 x 30
26,000
17,21+0
7 x 50
20,000
14,080
10 x 50
12,000
8,21
12 x 6o
11., 200
2,970
Telescopes
1,5.00
730
3.
Opera glasses
1E,500
2,530
Opera glasses 7 x ~O (M0no1cular)
!T, 000
1,150
Field glass spectacles 6 x 30
2,.500
1,57$,
6.
Striae measuring apparatus
100
36
Pul.f'rich photiometer
3,000
2,550..
1. Field glassesl
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Item
Planned
Outpu
1 Jana ;ry
19
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-
15 Oct
Puifrich refractometer
500
270
9.
Abbe refractometer
2,500
1,750
10.
Immersion refractometer
1,8oo
1,46o
11.
Podket polarimeter
3,600
3,120
12.
Circular polarimeter
1,100
65P
13.
LOo medical microscope2
.5,000
3,950
14.
Lumipan research microscope
2,000
1,380
15.
Specimen microscope (type XVI)
4,500
2,915
16.
Microscopes for (inclusion in) tools
4,500
2,750
17.
Phase contrao4 equipment
6oo
439
18.
Electronic microscopes
24
i6
19.
Operation microscopes
100
15
20,
Spectrum analysis equipment
300
210
21.
Flame photometers. ("Na uud 1a'")
3,600
2,465
22.
Vertex refractionometers
1,000
690
23,
Optimeters
1,200
735
24.
Ultra optimeters
12
7
25.
Gear wheel testing equipment
36
5
26.
Epidiascopes
6oo
.370
27.
Belsazar print projectors
100
15
28.
Shadow free operation lights
2,5000
1,850
29.
Docun4tor "Microfilm reading equipment"
1,000.
762
30.
Wire-drawing diamonds
12.,000
6:250:
31.
Bearing stones of agate
ruby and '
X6
000
000
4
6
,
.
,
,
95,000
,
spinel
32 Ultrasonic pots (quartz) 250 165
33.
(Barium titanate) 18.0
34,
Planetaria
35.
Theodolite 30
36. Lenses
Tessar 3.5 6o4oo 47,300
Tessar 2.8 36,000 23,450
Bj,f ig ' 1:2 5.P 30,000
21, boo
.
Biotar 1.5 7. 3,6oot 2,750
Apo Tessare 250 182
Triotar 4.5/13.5 7,000 5,430
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Item
37. Magnifying glasses
6 x
10 x
38- Head magnifying glasses (Kopflupen)
39. Weavers glasses
40. Angle prisms
41.. Blood count chambers
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Planned
Actual Out ut
Output
1 January 2 to
1952
15 October 1952
100,000
76,000
75,000
64,000
15,000
10,500
6,000
4,250
3,500
2,600
75, 000 61, 4oo
42. Spectacles
Punktal
DuOpal
Umbral
43. "Pervist" spectacle frames
44. Polarization spectacles for
voltage testing
45. Sonnar 1 : l.5 f.. 5 cm
46 8onnar 1 : 2 f. 5 cm
47.. Sonnar 1 : 2 f. 8.5 cm
48. Sonnar 1 : 4 f.13.5 cm
49. Sonnar 1 : 2 f,18 cm
with Flectoscope
50,. Biogon 1 : 2.8 f. 3.5
51. Tessar 1 : 3.5 f,.10..5
52. Universal view finders (Contax)
53? Portable sound equipment for films
54. Image projectors 24 x 36
55. Kine-Exacta prism view finders
2. A.1 Air Gunnery Trainers
300,QOQ 230,000
.75 , 900. .00o
6O, 000
54, 000
200,000
149,0001'
4, 000 '
2,90C1.
2,000
1,450
4,, 500
3,200
1,200
670
2,000
1,280
15.0
138
750
520
2,.5Q0
1,890.
750
520
3,400
2,450
3,500
2,600
3,500
2,720
During the period from June to October 1952, 175 sets of this equipment were
produced. Additional orders were placed during October by the Luftpo izei
(120) and the USSR (85)Zeiss has also been informed that the A.1 is to be
adopted as standard training equipment for the satellite airforces.. To meet
this increased demand, production facilities are to be considerably extended
during 1953. Zeiss, Jena, will function solely as an assembly plant for parts
manufactured at Seebach, Eisfeld, Winterste.n and Saalfeld.
3. Research
On Soviet instructions, a new department for infrared research (Forschung auf
das_ infrarote Spektralgebiet) is to be set up in 1953 under "the new scientific
director at Zeiss., Dr. Paul Goerlich. Goerlich, a specialist in this field
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Personaliti6s
The following were employed
at Zeiss, Jena during October:
Managing Director
Dr. Hugo Schrade
Scientific Director:
Dr. Paul Goerlich (Returned from USSR 1952)
Personnel Director:
Technical Director:
Braun (Returned from USSR 1952) .
Dipi., Ing. Muller
Planning Director:
1)
Dipl. Ing Schreiber
Director of Development:
Head.of Planning Office:.
Head of Haying Department:
Sales Manager;
Dip l . lug. Bischoff
Dipl. Ing. 'Wolfram
Dr. Sandmann
Dr. Woenne
Head of Microscope Production: Thiele
Head of Telescope Production: Dipl.. Ing. Schubar (Returned
Head of Spectacle Production: Linke
from USSR 1952
The Production figures for field glasses in July and August 1952 as given
mention production of a 15 x 50 type..
2. refers to. "the simplest Carl Zeiss microscopes. (type .LS)-".
reports Dr. Paul Goerlich as returning 27 January 1952
rom asnogor.sk, USSR..
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