MAIN SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENT, ZEISS JENA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011800300006-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 9, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: May 6, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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c:' f Jena has been iiithou?::, a chief since the death of ~ir?,
Hans :,artinge.
`IL, e DDepa.rtmxent includes a number of laboratories and testing
offices, x` partial list of these follows:
a', Laboratory for treatment of surfaces
b, M dlab:-? laboratory for research on medical instruments
e Milabs "A" and "0" : laboratories for the development of
microscopes
d..;? Liprflf: office for testing light and illumination devices
e) Elprttf: office for testing electrical. devices
Computin offices:
a.) VY- O Fernrohr (Wissenschaftlich-0ptische Eintwicklung
Farnrohr)
b) 1;=0 Mikro: computing office for microscopes
c) 7-0 Photo: computing office for cameras
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a;) "-e-Prttf: central testing office
b;) P i-,.otopr1f
The ].ast to offices are responsible for testing all optical
devices, Whereas Llprftf and Lipraf do provisory testing, Z:-=Px1zf
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computations were made : Sonnefeid' s specia f c.-ia
was the supervision of perisc,ope ca~.culabio:a'.o, In ~.) I? f'.:~' 3 w`
with about 300 Zeiss specialists, Sonnefeld "?< s sear':' Lc '-ia
Sonnefeld stayed with some of his colleag ?e:s in . oSct'wr,:
the others were sent to Leningrad and Kiev. T'ar.! TScos(-
built a plant slr_ia.ar to Zeiss somewhere in th ?t, ::cow L=:tz,
Sonnefeld returned to Germany with about 80 per.-exit of 4.i
colleagues. His former astro..department was combined :'-0
Fernrohr; the office has not carried out any periscope c.:a .cu---
:Lat ions .*
4. 1-C Fernrohr is assigned the task of making all calcu a: ions
pertaining to telescopic equipment, astro-devices, geothtic
apparatus, fine measuring devices, etc; the office handles
calculations for all equipment other than microscopic and
camera which are done by 1:-0 2Sikro and 1 0 Photo.
5. Among the many jobs done by W-0 Fernrohr, three seem particularly
important:
a) Calculations for the R='l device.
b) Calculations for the Schlieren device. The equirment
consisted of two tubes made of light metal and p