ORGANIZATION OF ZEISS, JENA

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• Publication Date: December 4, 1953
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COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Organization of Zeiss, Jens.
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INTRODUCTION
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In the early postwar period, the Carl Zeiss Optical Plant in Jena was
almost completely dismantled on order of the Soviet authorities. It
is estimated that 96 per cent of the equipment in the plant was sent
to an unknown place' or places in the USSR.. Tinder the auspices of the
East German Government the plant was gradually rebuilt and,hy 1948
was again producing optical andr other precision instruments. By 1953
the Zeiss plants in the Soviet. Zone (Jena9 Saalfeld, Weimar, and Dresden-
Wok) had surpassed the pre-war Zeiss complex both in number of per-
sonnel employed and in production output. Zeiss plants in the Soviet
Zone now emplo approximately 179000 workers9 of which 15,000 are em-
ployed in the Jena plant. Rebuilt as a state-owned or nationalized firm
(VEB, Volkseigener Betrieb), the Zeiss plants were administered by a
nationalized industry cartel (VVB-Optik) which in turn was responsible
to the Ministry for Machine Construction (Ministerium fuer Maschinenbau)1
of the DDR. Internally, the structure of the Zeiss plant remained
virtually unchanged except for 'the inevitable addition of the Planning
Department, the office of the Labor Director; and the Plant Trade Union
Office, all of which had political or semi-political functions.
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2o Dating the period 1951 to 1952, however, organizational changes
were ordered. Externally, the VVB-Optik was excluded, and the
Zeiss, Jena, plant henceforth was directly responsible to the :
Ministry for Machine Construction, in which KUNZE is charged with
responsibility for production of cptical equipment. Internally,
new departments were created and old ones subdivided. Production
was not affected by these administrative changes; the apparent
reason for the reorganization was the desire for uniformity among
the nationalized plants in the-DDR.
DEPARTMENTS AND BRANCHES OF ZEISS, JENA
30 a chart showing the, organization of Zeiss, Jena
Lsee pagel3j and also a chart showing the organization of the
Sales Division of Zeiss's Commercial Department,
The abbreviations appearing on these
charts are the official abbreviations used by the plant0 gee.
pages14.and16 for the keys to these 4bbreviations? giving beth
the expanded German designation and the English translationx7
Office of the Plant Director
4. Ir. SCHRADE is the Director of the plant and is responsible for the '
continuous smooth operation-of the entire enterprise and also for
? 'accomplishing the production gdals set by the government. ?
Plant Directors
5. Subordinate to the Plant Director, but on a higher level than the
eleven specialized departments of Zeiss, are three offices: the
Labor Director, the Plant Trade Union Office, and the Plant Party
Organization. The term "subordinate" does not in reality reflect
with sufficient precision the stature of these three offices, as
each has a direct responsibility to agencies outside Zeiss, They
can be distinguished from the other departments directly subordinate
to the plant director in that the latter are specialized adminis-
trative or productive entities, while the three offices in.question
generally deal with semi-political problems concerning the entire
pleat, an additional office of this kind haS been
or will shortly be created, which is to be headed by an official
known as the Cultural Director (Kultur Direktor).
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Labor Director
6. The Labor Director is ROEHRDANZ. (He was conscripted as a specialist
to the USSR during the period 1946-1952.) This office was created
during 1952 in the wake of the reorganization mentioned above.
The functions of this office
is primarily concerned with questions of effective
utilization of labor, and that it is responsible for the promotion
of heroes of labor (Aktivisten) and (Aktivisten Brigaden) as well
as the problem of accelerating production by means of the collective
agreement (Kollektiv Vertrag). The activities of the Labor Director
had not as yet affected the Commercial Department
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Plant Trade Union Office
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The chief of this office is KLOTZ.. There are approximately .ten
persons employed here. The function of this office is to represent
the interests of the employees vis-a-vis the management of the
plant. For this purpose, every department, branch or section thereof,
or other administrative unit of the plant elects one representative
to the trade anion gffice for each 40 employees. This office is
additionally charged with the social and cultural well-being of the
employees., In this regard, the trade Union office makes use of the
facilities that were available for plant employees prior to 1945,
such as the club house with its reading rooms and libraries, and
the plant's adult education program. It is true that the evening
classes have been expanded during the last years as a result of a
widely publicized campaign on the part of the trade Union so as to
include at present between 3,000 and 5,000 students. On the whole,
however, the social and cultural-activity of the Trade Union Office
has been np more than a continuatio* of old practices and making use
of long existing facilities.
8. In the economic sphere, the trade Union of Zeiss differs from
trade unions in a free economy in that it does not so much re-
present the interests of the labor force, but rather constitutes
an organ of the government, which together with the plant management
(in effect another government organ), strives toward fulfillment of
the government's goal, namely the fulfillment of the planned pro-
duction quotas. This condition is generally recognized among the
plant's employees, that is, that the trade union does not represent
. the interests of the workers when in conflict with the management.
--The workers also recognize that although the trade union occasionally
sponsors exposes of abuees Orworkeis by ihnagementi-thesi expoi?s
like. motivated-solely by the desire2toadafeguard the planned production.
This realization of the true role of the trade union office ie:docu-
monied by the hesitation with which workextpay.their dues', .?condition
whiich has forced the trade usioa newspapers'to engage- in;trequent cam-
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9.. The head of this office is BLUME.
Consequently, together with
the trade -union and the plant director, it is concerned with the
of the government-initiated production schedules.
there have been conflicts between these three bodies.
One such difference involved the handUn of the direntnrtA fund
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Specialized Departments
10. Since the reorganization in 1951-1952>the number of specialized
departments has been eleven. It should be noted that each of the
four production divisions (Telescope, Optical Equipment, Microscope,
and Spectacles Production Division ) is equivalent in reality to
a department because of relative importance in the plant. However,
they have been grouped together under a single office, that of the
Technical Director, constituting the eleventh department, ffh?
eleven departments are discussed in the following paragraphs in the
order in which they appear on the plant organizational diagram ex-
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Planning Department
11. Dipl. Ing. SCHREIBER held the post of chief
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of the activities of this office are
it had a bub-office in every other department of Zeiss. Thus,
for example, in the Sales Division of the Commercial Department
there existed a.planning staff (KBV Ha). the page15:1/ This de-
partment functions as the centralized office to which the other
departments submit estimates as to production capacity for the
coming year, and from which the other departments will receive
the quota finally determined for production. Not only the entire
plant's output is planned, but also the construction of new offices,
laboratories, workshops, and social-facilities. Although that
part of the planning dealing with the total output of Zeiss is
actually the jurisdiction of the Production Department, thisdepartient
is ultimately responsible to-the'Pl*nning 'Department.
Development Department
12. Dipl. Ing. BISCHOFF, a pre-war employee of Zeiss and generally
considered only a mediocre scientist, is the chief of this
department, where about 5C0 persons are employed. The Development
Department is charged with the application of discoveries made
by the Research Department. It has been enlarged by the addition
of pereonneland the creation of added development bureaus
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Production Department
13. Dipl. lug. SCHMITZ is the chief of this department which is respon-
sible for seeing that the plant meets scheduled production goals.
In addition, every order received from customers by the Commercial
Department must be submitted to the Production Department, which
in turn assigns production quotas to the individual _production divi-
sions under the technical director 27he paragraph 29; In supervising
production and assuring conformance to the production plan, the
Production Department would appear to exercise a concurrent juris-
diction with the Planning Department but the distinction is as follows:
The Planning Department has an over-all responsibility for the
execution of the planned production schedules for the entire plant.
These plans do not pertain solely to output, but also include
additional construction, investment, etc. The Production Department
is the responsible body, becoming, therefore, an agent of the
Planning Department, charged with the execution of the most
important part of the plant i.e., production or output.
Personnel Department
14. MACRE is the chief of the *Personnel Mepartment, in which about
-15 persons work', plus representatives of this department dis-
tributed throughout the other departments of the plant. In
addition to the normal duties carried on by a personnel department,
the Zeiss Personnel Department carries out semi-political or
security functions. For example, it is charged with screening
applicants in order to weed out possible enemies. It maintains
a record of the political reliability of employees whicklpin the
case of higher officialp)serves as a basis for approving or
'disapproving an assignment in a foreign country. Personal
questimaires which are kept by this department deal with the
political affiliation of employees. However, membership in
political parties such as the Soviet Zone C.D.U. or L.D.P.
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does not necessarily disqualify an applicant for work; on the
contrary, it is looked upon as active participation in the political
life of the DDR, and is thus preferred to non-participation.
Inspection Department
15. The chief of the Inspection Department is. Ing. WOLFRAM. In
addition to the personnel working in the department offices,
inspectors from this department are assigned to control points
throughout the production shops. Every article produced by
Zeiss is checked by so-called "neutral inspectors" of the In-
spection Department. These inspectors are not administratively or
otherwice.affiliated with the production shops to which they
are assigned to exercise their inspection functions.
General Plant Department
16. The chief of this department is Dipl. Ing. WIEHL. Prior to the -
1951 reorganization, the General Plant Department was responsible
for plant utilities, plant construction, and the maintenance work-
shops (as didtinguished from the production workshops). As a result
of the reorganization, however, the workshops were removed from
the jurisdiction of this gapartment and a naw department, the
Central Plant Department L see paragraph IV, was formed with the
sole responsibility of supervision, operation, and upkeep of the
maintenance workshops.
Researcn Department
17. Dr. GOERLICH, a returnee from the USSR, is chief of this department,
which employed 300 to 500 persons. The :Research Department is
AlisAAAA_Anto a number of laboratories, of which the following aro'
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a. Inorganic Microscopy
b. Organic Microscopy
Co Physical Measuring Instruments
d. Ophthalmological Instruments
e. Crystal Laboratory
f. Chemical Laboratory
g. Layer Laboratory (Schichten Laboratorium)
h. Supersonic Laboratory (Chiefs Dr. SCHUSTER)
The number of research laboratories as well as the number of per-
sonnel assigned to the Research Department were increased as a
result of the reorganization. Among those newly created are the
.Supersonic Laboratory for the utilization of supersonics in the analysis
of materials, and the Layer Laboratory in which polarization filters
are being studied. .
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General Administration (Allgemeine Verwaltung)
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It is a newly-
created de artment
t deals essentially with administrative matters.
it is concerned with the control of duty travel by
employees.
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Central Plant Department
19. Dipl. Ing. TROSTNANN was chief of the Central Plant Department,
' which was created during 1951-1952 and employs about 2,000
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persons. It supervises the maintenance workshops of the Zeiss
plant. These workshops are distinct from the production work-
shops under the technical director in that they do not produce
finished products but only the machine tools and other specialized
equipment required by the production shops. 50X1-HUM
removal of the maintenance shops from the jurisdiction of the
General Plant pepartment BOragraph 12 to the Central plant
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is similar to that available prior to the dismantling. The
new equipment was obtained by purchase, construction; or can-
nibalization from other plants that had also been dismantled.
Today the capacity of these workshops as well as of the pro-
duction shops is equaltyrgreater thanjthat in pre-dismantling
days, especially since most of the machines are new and have de-
preciated relatively little. This, however, does not mean that the
output per machine is higher today. On the contrary, low quality
raw material and decreased labor efficiency have resulted in an
actual decrease in output per machine,
Office of the Technical Director
20. Ing. Rudolf MUELLER holds the position of technical director and
there are about 20 persons employed in this office. The depart-
ment was created in the 1951-1952 reorganization to coordinate the
production effort of the four production divisions listed below.
Until that time, these four production divisions were equivalent
to departments. (He was commonly known throughout the plant as
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a. Telescope Production Division
Chief: Ing, SCHUBART
Personnel: From 2,000-3,000
b, Optical ECUipment Production Diviaion
Chief: SCHUBERT (He replaced Walter FISCHER,
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Personnel:. 39000
c. Microscope Production Division
Chief: Ing. TIELE
Personnel: 1,500
d.. Rpeotacles Production Division
Chiefs. HAENDSCHE
Personnel; 800
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Articles produced by Zeiss, Jena, since 1948 are similar to the
articles produced prior to 1939 except' that to the best of my
knowledge no military articles have been produced with the-ex-
rani-inn nf nn naninl unit nA.-111 pis
Commercial Dapartment
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Thr chief of this department was SANDMANN
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the office will be discontinued
and the three divisions composing thedepartment will be
elevated to the level of departments. The Commercial Department
employed about 19200 persons distributed throughout the three
divisions as shown below.
a. Finance Division
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Dr. HUEBNER is the head of this division and 250-300,
persons Work here. This division is responsible for the
payment of salaries and for the keeping of all financial
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Dr. HUEBNER, I
represents the beat interests
of the Zeiss plant and if the policy of the government
and management are contrary to the interests of Zeiss,
HUEBNER attempts with all means at his disposal to resist
the state policy. One problem, for example, in which there
were differences of policy dealt with inventory. The
Richtsatztage (turn-over period) set by the government
was 25 days. Thatis?25 days after completion, a.finished
item must be sold, Every additional day, the governient
felt, constituted an extreme burden for the plant. HUEBNER,
on the other hand, maintained that the position of the '
government was unrealistic, that in some cases it was
impossible to conform to the established turn-over period,
and that a longer storage period was simply an added
cost which the plant must finance. In other words,
HUEBNER maintained that the plant in its own interests
of decreasing the expense of holding a large inventory
would naturally endeavor to keep the turn-over period
to a minimum, but that it would be impossible to conform
to any definite turn-Over period established by law.
b. Materiel Division
The chief of this division is RUEMM1ER. (Until March, 1953
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diVision employs 250-300 persons and is responsible for
the procurement of raw materials required for production.
Most material is obtained internally, but some goods
are obtained from abroad. 4d
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c. Sales Division
The chief of this division is FROMM
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division employs 600 persons and has two principal re-
sponsibilities: the distribution of Zeiss products to
consumers, and the advertising of new developments and
new products from the scientific departments of Zeiss.
The Sales Division is divided geographically and by commodity
as follows See page 15, which presents the organization
of the Sales Division.2.7
(1) Geographic Sales Branches
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(c) Sales Distribution Branch, Soviet Bloc
Chief: ROMMEL (
ROMMEL was a member of a trade
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ROMMELls absence, this branch
is headed by SPARKS.)
(d) Sales Distribution Branch, East Germany
Chief: Dr. BERG
(2) Commodity Sales Branches
(a) Precision and Optical Equipment Sales
Branoh
Chief: MADE
This branch is subdivided into the
following commodity sales sections:
1. Spectacles Sales Section
2. Ophthalmological Equipment
Sales Section
Photographic Equipment Sales
Section
As Motion Picture Projector Equip-
ment Sales Section
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(b) Scientific and Technical Equipment
Sales Branch
Chief: SENIT
This branch is subdivided into the
following commodity sales sections:
1. Microscopes Sales Section
2. Optical Measuring Equipment
Sales Section
1. Medical. Equipment Sales Section
AL Special Products Sales Section
.5, Measuring Equipment Sales Section
L. Astronomical Equipment Sales
Section
is Miscellaneous Equipment Sales
Section
8. Precision Measuring Equipment
Sales' Section
Each commodity Sales section is staffed
by approximately 20 employees, so that
the Precision and Optical Equipment Sales
Branch has a total of about 100 employees,
and the Scientific and Technical Equip
ment Sales Branch employe a total of
just under 200 perifins.
(3) Other Branches of the Sales Division ?
0 (a) Advertising Branch
Chief: Dr. BORNE ?
About 25-30 persons work in the Adver-
tising Section and in the Exhibit Hall.
(b) Economic-Political Branch
Chiefs Dr. BARBER
This branch is engaged in fact-finding
work to determine market trends. A
special section known as the "Precision
and Optical Equipment Sales Competition
Section" is subordinate to the Economic- .
Politioal Branch and is concerned with
collecting literature about products of
competing firms. This information is
obtained from the representatives Of Zeiss
in foreign countries who collect it and
transmit printed prospeotuses of com-
petitors to this section in Jena. This
information?is public and does not con-
stitute industrial espionage.
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Sales Division Planning Staff
This office studies the conformance
of the Sales Division to the industrial
Plan. It deals with and is subordinate
to the Planning Department See para-
graph 1/7?
(d) Finished Products Storage Branch
.chief: GRAICHE
This branch employs about 60 persons
and operates the storehouse in which
finished products are stored before
they are forwarded to consumers.
(e) Shipping Branch
This branch is responsible for the
packing and shipping of finished pro-
ducts to consumers.
DETERIORATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENTS OF ZEISS. JENA
22. It is generally felt today that the pers)nnel of -the two scientific
departments (Research and Development Departments) are second and
third rate icientiets and technicians. This has had a deplorable
effect on the production and sales of Zeiss in the recent years.
In factisinde the reconstruction of Zeiss, and until the present,
nothing basically new has been produced by the plant. Part of the
explanation lies in the tremendous postwar consumer market. This
led,..in.1940, to the decision to begin as quickly as possible with
the production of the old standard Zeiss products and not to go
beyond the 1939 .level ofidevelopment. It was. hoped to benefit
by the great pent-up demand, and then gradually to Modify the Zeiss
products. During this period some articles were improved, but in ?
no case were any basic innovations made which could be regarded an
an advance in optical science. As construction began to proceed,
however, it became evident that the argument had not been sound.
For one thing, the reconstruction of Zeiss was taking too long and
the demand was beginning to slack off considerably as the optical
industry of the United States succeeded in oapturingend satisfying'
the former Gorman'market for-optical equipment. Secondly, it
became clear that other countries had developed their optical pro-
ducts to a point that threatened to make Zeiss products, based on
the 1939 level of development, obsolete.
23. The situation became critical in 1950. Up to that time it was still
possible to use the argument of pent-up consumer demand to explain
the failure of Zeiss to introduce new articles. By 1950, however,
it was obvious that in the immediate future new articles would have
to be offered in order to meet the competition. To overcome the'
retrogression of the scientific departments, steps were taken to
increase the staffs of the various existing laboratories and to
increase the number of laboratories. Contact was made with in-
stitutes and other industries in the DDR for an exchange of soientifio
information and for loan of scientific consultants. Furthermore,
a serious attempt was made to obtain accurate knowledge of the level
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of development in foreign countries. Of the newly employed'
&dentists, much hope is based on such men as Professor SCHUSTER,
:formerly of the University of Breslau, who joined Zeiss during
1948, and Dr. NABS, a specialist in the field of interferometry,
who joined the measuring laboratory in 1951 from the Univeritiiv
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24. The latest hope of 'Zeiss is the return of leading specialists from
the'USSR. the return of these scientists'
has not yet resulted in any new developments. Moreover, ans50X1-HUM
fits to Zeiss resulting from the return of these scientists is
being offset to a very conaidArablp prtant by tha fl4nh+.4wf 010^
scientists
The arrests of March 1953 also dealta heavy blow to Zeil59XJ -HUM
progress, when many able men; some in leading positions' in the
plant j 7, were suddenly and arbitrarily
arrested by the government for various ecOnomic and political
reasons which mostly boiled down to the fact that these men were
not good Communists.
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25. Zeiss realizes that increasing the number ofscientific and' technical
personnel is only one of several ways to increase the efficiency
of these departments. The plant also realizes that the regression
has also been caused by the isolation of German scientists from, the
remainder of the Western scientific world, their inability to attend
international congresses, and their inability to exchange scientific
information. The plant hopes that as a result of the "Rew,Couree"
(new policy in the DDR resulting from the June uprisings),.these
conditions will be changed and new impetus to scientific progress
at Zeiss will, be giVen. There ate already indications that the
"New Course" may mean the end of the scientific isolation Of the
DDR. Dr. GORELICK, Chief of the Research Department, was recently
in Sweden to attend the St. Eric's Fair in the company of the
designer GRAETSCH. During September 1953 Dr. GOERLICH and Prof.
SCHUSTER plan to Attend a scientific congress in Innsbruck.
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Comment: In January 1953, the newly formed Ministry
of General Machine Construction took over
the administration of VVB Optik.
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Ministry of Machine ConstrOction
2. DA -
Chief: ROEHRDANZ
. 1. WL
Chief: SCHRADE
3. BOL
Chief: KLOTZ
4. BPO
Chief: Ingo BLUME
5. .P a HL 6. 161,
Chief: . Chief:
Dipl. Ing. SANDMANN
SCHREIPER
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? Chief:
Dipl. Ing.
? BISHOFF
7. KLF
Chief:
Dr. HUEBNER
8. KLM
Chief:
RUEMM1ER
Purc.asing Materiel
Distribution
9. KLV*** Development
Chief: Office -
FROMM
Detelopment
Workehoss
It
11. PtOd HL 12. PHL
Chief:
Dipl. Ing. BRAJOMML.
'SCHMITZ
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Direbtors
of
Individual
Departments
1
14. tEL
Chief:
Dipl. Ing.
WIRFL
WHL
Chief:
Dr. GOERLICH
v
Laboratories
I -
General
Administration
Optical
Calculations
Office
ORGANIZATIONAL DIAGRAM OF ZEISS. JNA
16. ZBL
Chief:
Dipl. Ing.
TROSTMANN
Maintenance
Workshop:
Machine Shop.
Foundry9 etc.
13. Kon HL
Chief: Ing.
WOLFRAM
Inspectors
. at
'Control
Points
r
17. TD
Chief:
Ing. MUELLER
(RUMUE)
18. FBL
Chief:
Ing.
SCHUBART
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Chief: .
SCHUBERT
I.
fhief:
. MEL
Ing. TIELEI
21. BBL
Chief:
HAENDSCHE
Production II
Workshops
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1, WI Werkeleitung ? Office of Plant Director
2. DA Direktor fuer Arbeit ? Labor Director ?
t5. BGL Betriebe Gewerkschaftsleitung Plant Trade Union Office
4. .BPO Betriebs Partei/Organization Plant Party Organization
Pla HI Planungs Hauptleitung Planning Department
.6. KHL KaufmaennIsche, Hauptleitung Commercial Department
27. KLF KaufmaennidcheIaitung - Finanzen Commercial Dept;9.Finance Division
8. KLM 'Kaufmaenniacha Leitung -
9. KLV Kaufmaennische! Leitung -
10. EHL Entwicklung Hauptleitung
Tl. 'ProdWProduktion Hauptleitung
12. PHI._ Personal Hauptleitung
15, HL-Kontroll?Hauptleitung
14.
15.
ABL
WEL
16. ZBL.
17. 2D
18. FBL
19. OBL
20. MBL
21. BBL
Material Commercial Dept., Materiel Division
Vertrieb Commercial Dept., Sales Division
Development Department
Production Department
Personnel Department
Inspection Department
Allgemeine Betriebsleitung General Plant Department
Wissensohaftliohe Hauptleit,ung Research Department
Zentrale Betriebsleitung
Teohnischer Direktor
Fernrohr Betriebsleitung
Optik Betriebsleitung
Mikro Betriebsleitung -
Brillen Betriebsleitung
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Central Plant Department
Technical Director
Telescope Production Division
Optical Equipment Production Division
Microscope Production Division
Spectacles Production Division
*.Rotes abbreviations are the official abbreviations used by the Plant.'
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14. VSA I
Packing I. 'Shipping
Section 'Section
5. FLVW
Chief:
GRAICBE
8. Werb I
Chief: Dr.
BORNE
Exhibit
Hall
10. Wipo
Chief! Drc
BARDrR
11. FOK
12. Disp DDR
Chiefs
Dr. BERG
Operating
Staff
13. Disp VD
Chief:
ROMMEL
Operating
St aft
16. FOV
Chiefs
SCHADE
19 Pho.V
1
20. Proki V
Chief-
NEUFFEI
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21. MTV
Chief:
SBBYT
Id
14. Disp WW
Chief:
STARKE
Operating
Staff
Ic
15. Disp W
\Operating
Staff-
1 -
,Tracplating
Section
_25. Son V
26. Vg V
Chief:
REIFKOGEI
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'Key to Abbreviations on Chart of Organization cf Sales Division of
Zeiss*
1.
KLV
Kaufmaennische. Leitung - Vertrieb Commercial Department, Sales Div.
2.
KIV
Kaufmaennisches Buero - Vertrieb
Sales DivisionAdministrative Staff
3.
KBVPla
Kaufmaennlsches Buero - Planung
Sales Division Planning Staff
4.
VSA
Versandabteilung
Shipping Branch
5.
FLVW
Fertigwarenlagerleitung
Finished Products Storage Branch
6.
FLV
Fertigwarenlagerverwaltung
Finished Products Storehouse
7.
FL
Fertigwarenlager
Administrative Staff
Storehouse for Finished Products
8.
Werb
Werbeleitung
Advertising Branch
9.
Wm% A
Werbeabteilung
Advertising Section
10.
Wipo
Wirtschafts-politische Abteilunc
EconomicPolitical Branch
11.
FOK
Feinmechanik-optische Konkurrenz
EET81868iptiltigi gaityppment
12.
DispD
Disponent - DDR
Sales Distribution Branch, East
Germany
13.
Disp VD Disponent - Volks-Demokratien**
Sales Distribution Branch, Soviet
Bloc
14.
Disp WW Disponent - Westdeutschee
Sales Distribution Branch, West
Waehrungsgebiet
Germany
15.
Disp W
Disponent - West
Sales Distribution Branch, West
16.
FOV
Feinmechanisch-Optischer Vertrieb Sales Branch, Precision and Optical
Equipment
17.
Opto V
Brillenglaesser Vertrieb
Sales Section, Spectacles
18.
Oph V
Ophtalmologim%a Geraete Vertrieb Sales Section, Ophthalmological
Equipment
19.
Pho V
Photo Objektive Vertrieb
Sales Section, Photographic Equip-
ment
20.
Proki V Projektions u. Kin? Geraete
Sales Section, Motion Picture
Vertrieb
Projector Equipment
21.
WTV
Wiesenschaftlich-technischer
Sales Branch, Scientific and
Vertrieb
Technical Equipment
22.
Mi V
Mikroskop Vertrieb
Sales Section, noroscopes
23.
Mess V
Optische Messgeraete Vertrieb
Sales Section, Optical Measuring
Equipment
24.
Med V
Medizinische Geraete Vertrieb
Sales Section, Medical Equipment
25.
Son V
Sondererzeugnisse Vertrieb
.Sales Section, Special Produdte
26.
Vg V
Vermeseungsgeraete Vertrieb
Sales Section, Measuring Equipment
27.
Astro V Aetronomische Geraete Vertrieb
Sales Section, Astronomical Equip-
ment
28.
Di V
Divereer Vertrieb
Sales Section, Miscellaneous Equip-
ment
29.
Fe V
Feinmess-Geraete Vertrieb
Sales Section, Precision Measuring
Notes: * Abbreviations are the official
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