LAYOUT AND ORGANIZATIONAL SETUP OF THE JENA VEB CARL ZEISS

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• Publication Date: September 29, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY
La Germany
SUBJECT` Layout and Organizational Setup of the Jena
VEB Carl Zeiss
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
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REPORT
CD NO.
DATE DISTR.
29 August 1955
NO. OF PAGES
14
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. In 1954, the Jena VEB Carl Zeiss included the following plants:
Jena Lain Plant 1
Jena Southern Plant 2
Saalfeld Plant3
Weimar Plant 4
Eisfeld Plant 5
2. After tCmination of the dismantling program in April 1947, the Soviet
High Command ordered speedy reconstruction of the Zeiss fiorks. These
orders were carried out by GDR .government agencies. Between
1954, the labor force increased from 5,000 to 18,000 persons
The Soviets were greatly interested in a speedy expansion of the works
with a view, on the one hand, to extracting the highest. possible volume
of reparation goods and, on the other, to obtain the highest possible
volume of high quality export goods - involving heavy outlay for wages
and low material costs - for their barter agreements with satellite
countries. On this trade depended .the success of all efforts to relieve
the tense situation in the field of raw materials and foodstuffs. The
Soviets, therefore, ordered GDR agencies to allocate a total sum of
70 million WE to VEB Zeiss, one third of which was to be spent on
construction of new structures or the repair of war-damaged buildings,
one third was slated for the procurement of new machine tools, and
one third for the procurement of miscellaneous equipment including
such items as steam turbines, elevators, air-conditioners and
ventilation equipment, cranes, etc.
3. In 1953 and 1954, no substantial new appropriations were made to VE.6
Zeiss except for small allocations for special constructions 4nd
equipment, machine tools, etc. It may be assumed that a final
construction stage ivas reached in late 1953. At this time, the labor
force amounted to 18,000 persons.
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In 1952, the Seebach subsidiary plant of the Thiel firm was turned over
to 1-13 Zeiss. The Seebaoh plant which covered an area of 11,000 square
meters. did not suffer any war damage. .During the war it had a 3,000-n?.~n
labor force and manufactured AA fuses after the T`'aiel/Ruhla clockwork
system. The labor force in its majority consisted of captured Soviet
men and women. Between late 1952 and early 1953, VEB Zeiss started
rem,odelin of this plant for its own purposes. In 1954, the plant was
returned to the VEB Thiel 'orks in Ruhla. Presumably the -.slant is
enja,ed in the development of fuses. with a view to taking up the
manufacture of fuses at a later period.
C Arent For layout sketch of the Jena VEB Curl Zeiss, see Annex 1.
C m ,.ent For layout sketch of the Jena Southern Plant of TEB Carl
Zeiss, see Annex 2.
Comment. For layout sketch of the Saalfeld plant, see Annex 3.
C r.ment . For layout sketch of the "Weimar plant, see Annex 4. 50X1-HUM
C m:cnt. For layout sketch of the Eisfeld plant, see Annex 5.
Co ..sent . For organizational setup of the Jena V.B Carl Zeiss,
status 1 April 1953, see Annex 6.
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Basement - storage room
1st floor - library
2nd floor - Graul's laboratory
3rd floor - L:easuring laboratory
4th floor - Chemical laboratory
5th floor - ;lectrical laboratory
Layout Sketch of VLB Carl Zeiss Jena idcai L 1 lint
Block ,.Totl
dump for waste material, chips,
paper, etc.
Building Ido. b Basement photographic laboratory
1st floor - final precision department
2nd floor - precision parts shop
3rd floor - ZPruef : 1 (testing shop)
4th floor _VUIVM"q ichI engineering bureau
5th floor - heliographic and reproduction shop,
registration bureau
Hall ,fib Depot of chemical raw Material
Buil1ru 7
Block 15
Block ld
pia 1 2
aI ll 25a
dock _U
Block 11 eta
Buildi&; 15
Basement - Supply depot and plumber shop
1st floor - Outpatient department and
paper storage
2nd. floor - wood-pattern shop
3rd floor - ABL offices (sic)
4th floor - ;:eissenborn's LIV,'-shop
5th floor - Apprentices engineering shop and
patent department
Basement - Compressors and liquid-air equipment
1st floor - Joinery and painter shop
2nd floor Electrical workshop
3rd floor - ABL offices, hydro (sic)
4th floor - Saddler's shop
5th floor - Patent office
Basement -Locksmith shop and blacksmith shop
1st floor - Carpenter's shop
2nd floor - Electrical workshop
3rd floor - Off ices
4th floor - Saddler's shop
Locksmith shop
Lachine-repair shop
Switching station and storage of electrical equipment
Storage of lubricaits and solvents
Basement - Taanufacture of abrasives and
I)olishing red
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3Lldiri& 15
3rd floor
4th floor
5th floor
- Optics engineering department,
chemical laboratory, processing
and cleaning of solvents, 0BL
(sic) administration
- spectacle lenses manufacture
- Lens manufacture
- Assembly of astronomiea1~ instruments
(Astro-:, onta~ e)
old skyscraper
Buildin,;I
Built yin; 10
Basement
lst floor
2nd floor
3rd floor
4th floor
5th floor
6th floor
8th floor
9th floor
.Basement
lst floor
2nd floor
3rd floor
4th floor
5th floor
let floor
2nd floor
Basement
lst floor
2nd floor
- kitchen supply depot
- Mess hall and k itchen, .sitchon
administration
- Optics (fors.:ier machine repair shop
- I,:anufacture of spectac e lenses
- Lachine tools ?.BL',-
- Offices and depot -L
- "Geo-:,:onto e'?(assembly of surveyor's
or photograzoetric equipment?)
and adjustinT workshop
- Lens manufacture, and t rai ni- ; shop
for polishers
- ..:achine repair shop
- Otorare of optical equipment
- Stora,,e of raw gross, cloak room,
and materials depot
- ,anufacture of ::machine tools,
flat-optics department
- UB ; reflection and deflection
department
- Manufacture of spectacle lenses
- Manufacture of optical equipment
Precision assembly and adjusting
department
- :manufacture of spectacles, abrasive
material and polishing, red
- Glass? cuttin;
- Glass pressing and cooling
- Raw materials depot, story o of
boxes and adverti'sing material,
perforated-card equipment
- Shipping and acceptance office,
offices, stora,,;e rooms,
polishing shop.
- Sales department, and storage of
finished lenses
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M -I;erd',,e,r
Btjild n:"98
Jul ._.: L.E. 4..'?.:~....
3rd floor
4th floor
5th floor
Basement
It floor
2nd floor
5jrd floor
4th floor
5th floor
6th floor
"nth floor
8th floor
9th floor
10th floor
11th floor
12th floor
13th floor
14th floor
Basement
1st floor
2nd floor.
3rd floor
44tzx floor-
9t.h floor
i ,emen
3.;at floor
2n~' floor
)rd. floor
4tIa floor
3rret floor
-- Sales department, adjusting of
spectacles
- Storage of camera objectives
photographic laboratory, :aanufactuxe
of calibrated scales, reproduction
department
Depot
Entrance hall, work police
Cashier" s off ioe, bookkeeper
Sales office
Sales office
Lecture room
Sales managers
Sales managers
Administration
Business mangy=ement
Labor manager
Conference hall and other rooms
- Planning; department and administration
office
Production management and administration
of f in e
Iagai
department
Laboratories, and 'Gitter_
te: 1iuaschine (grid--drawing
xnac:x r
Purchasing iepartment
Sales department
- ZrZineerin,~; department
Engineering department
Photographic ; department
-Ravi-materials depot
Visitors` roors, and manufacture
of s p ct.acle fittings
Administration and production
manage .ent
Laboratory, administration, and
.obcd. (engineering office?,'
Chemical laboratory and accountant
-- Raww?clat eri.a .3 depot
-- .\uton a,tic a lathes department and
T.,aehine-tool swop
MJ3L ;sic) finished-marts de.,;ot,
and development department
ittBL and F.5L management
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. all 1 12
Buildin 2~3
Buildi -l
Raw-materials de,;ot, ruatals depot. and
cutting department
Basement
1st floor
2nd floor
3rd floor
4th floor
- Hardening; shop and
shop
- 1 2L manufacture of
projectors
- F.I. turning shop
- FBL acceptance and
E FBL ,rindin;;
bulbs, and
assembly of
cameras, adjusting shop
- DF assembly of opera glasses
and "Geo-Lonta,ge" (assembly of
surveyor's or photo,:;raai.T.etric
equipment?)
5th floor - ,iicroscope accessories, assembly
of microscopes
- IaOB1(sic) and "t: ikrofaserei" (sic)
Basement - Raw materials depot and depot of
special materials; s;aitchin,-;
station; turning, boring and
milling shops.
1st floor - 12L turning, boring and milling shop
2nd floor - FBL t' It
3rd floor. - :, ,raving department, FBL and
assembly of cameras
4th floor - FBL surface treatment, assembly
of field--glasses
5th floor - Testing, and assembly of microscopes
6th floor - MOB
*Notet Probably fans ere' (m:Lcr(wOCp Mmnting)0
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50X1-HUM
InstalIations of Jena-Su wek: status of mid-1954
13 ildinZ; 2Fs a single-story building with a basement and, partly,
a double basement.
Lower basement: washing rooms, cloak rooms,
Upper basement: cast irk;s?-cleanin;; root, laboratory,
compressors, repair shop for foundry
machinery.
let floor iron, metal, and light-metal foundry
Annex 2 cupola furnaces with smokestack
Building,? A a five-story building about 26 meters high
is floor gears shop, ,rindin shop
2nd floor pattern shop
3rd floor grinding shop and wood-pattern shop
4th floor : electrical workshop
5th floor : administration -- supply shop -ZBL (sic)
Llu.lain 6 a four-stor,, b_ ildin.~ with a basement
Basement timber depot and maiscellane :,us
1st floor "cod-working shop and plastic forcing, machines
2nd and 3rd floor: ?Wood-working shops
4th floor : pattern shop
3uildlin 1 a f our-story building, some 27 meters high, with basement.
Northern portion of basement: cloak roor_.ss, washing rooms and
stora;e rooms
Southern portion of basement: weneral optics department
lst floor . Flat-optics and prism department
2nd floor . Finished products depot (to be transferred
to Saalfeld), and apprentice shop.
3rd floor Training shop and class-rooms for apprentices
4th floor Pressing department, diamond,-cutting, and
ball treatment
Lorthern annex.
1st floor nonspherical optics
2nd floor Administration
Northeastern wM x
let floor : Outpatient department and sick bays
2nd floor . oscillating quarters
3rd floor Photoelectric cells
!B )u' di 7 _a a two-story building; some 10 meters high used for / BL
craftsmen, construction workers, and electricians
(to be con4erted into optical department)
i3ulld.ir. a four-story building some 24 meters high with a basement.
Basement cloak rooms
Is t, 2nd, and 3rd floor: apprentices' school
4th floor vocational training
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8- Annex 2
dal .l a sinC;le-story building with a wirn,;, partly provided
with a basement. :achiriory department equi>1ed with 2 x 5-ton
cranes and one 10-ton crane.
;:I:: 1 2 a s i :` le-store buildir, , partly ;.rovided with a basement,
hcusin the astronomical e