PERSONNEL AND RESEARCH PROJECTS IN THE SCIENTIFIC DIVISION OF ZEISS JENA

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 22, 2003
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• Publication Date: August 26, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION -Mr, C R E T
CENTRAL N1LtIyIIx~~jAGC~fN
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Personnel and Research Projects in the
Scientific Division of Zeiss Jena.
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
Ur I^G U0.?E0 STATES. WITHIN THE BRAKING OP TITLE IS. SECTIONS 793
AND 794. (1, THE G. S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSUISSIOR OR REVEL-
ATION OP-f'i\ CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
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t'!e :i(3at : of ?ile r-m, i7TCatT:ir -C:~/ : , li ULATE
)c:c. ~.ti. c Didis .on ;.':is:;:rnschaftliche. L-~itun;,) of Zar'_ _eiss, Jena,
has 'it i no . i':ially ^n'.ed by Hugo tirade, top Lrector of Carl :;eiss.
The ::or of the ,c? e..t if is Division has been di'r ded into .our :major
areas, of ,; ch i hoa-led indonew1er tly by a sonic;- F. ientist.
The #otr aal o., areas o-" scientific develonrncnt and their ?.'esnoctive
head's am the "x210:: in Dr. Harry ~~ 1iner, phc to,,ran,, ic; Dr. Karl August
%o-r:e.fe:_1, t1le!;conic and ,eodetic; Dr. (fnu) 38 er?col:, assisted by
Dr. (fn,) Lucas, _croscopic, metric an medical; and = rofessor (i'nu)
'f&,'igt.er, --'hysical and ch nical. 3ecause of h _s a : l:n "..3trattvo al)ilit;;,
Dr. .:5l:.ner is 7.ra?.h:a? l;,? ass:ain^, leader sUn of the or:-ire Division.
2. A total of about 6) ?,er' ons are err loyed in the ;cientific Division.
Of these, about LO have received scientific doctorates. The other 2.0
are :ra';unte on--i.nee: s aril t:~cF1_li c tans. -.ot one of these 60 ,crsons
is a :0er of the `..J.
in the Tear 19 1, the ivra c : _,00D$))) D. ?. ::.ast ,ras made ava i_lable by
the DD c overn nt for sc ie. t tfic develaoment :.pro jc~ets at Dart ~eiss.
The firn itsel: contr i:bnted an additional sir: of a- out 2, ):~,3 )D
r.ast ^: u':s from its ):7n
Ls. The scientists at Ca:'l ..'el-sr, are cello:: )d a great deal of indenondence
in c? :cos in the levo-o-~:mcnt nrojocts on ' hich t? hey .. -sh to :-or'.:. i,ll
*3rokj cam:. n:T.ist be fuli- descr.: )cad in advance by the jcto :tilt concerned.
ire pro .1 ects :ten 4;o to t:i e DD .~s Central Cfflce for 1esearc:a anti
y here they are either approved or rejected. The man
ro rponr ible at _'049.3 , Jena, fo c adn inister in - scientific de velop:aent
and nsv;,: to Ions "it's overa ::mt offices is (:"nu; Tr:ai scn, head of the
Development ?lanni7-; Office ith i.7 the Central P1a :nin- Sect ion, which
is tiearkc':)y Erich 5.si:ret.or. The current z:or.lc of the Scientific
Div .sior is entirely devel.o--`tental or anp1ioc.. ':o "nure" scientific
researcl is i:n?xertacen.
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devices, there are curren deveiopnk n-, -,ro jc a 4clsu, Jena 'O?:2:5r.
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in t- r-1TM ':fit -I the ,c yiet 'xnt n. T'ie ^' nc inal 11f_1 cul ty in -'hoto:: ter- cal
do .'el;,p a':nt :s the -iferior al't- of ! as: Sc*.ott
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