1. APPRENTICE SCHOOL AT ZEISS, JENA 2. NEW BUILDING FOR SUPPOSED AERIAL CAMERA PRODUCTION AT ZEISS, JENA

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• Publication Date: November 12, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. Apprentice School at Zeiss, Jena
2. New Building for Supposed Aerial
Canera Production at Zeiss, Jena
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2. New Building for Supposed Aerial Camera
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ZEISS WORKERS' APPRENTICE SCHOOL
1. The Zeiss optical workers' apprentice school was housed in a large
building, four or five stories high. It was located outside
area, opposite the southwest section of the Sued Werk.
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damapd during World War II. By the middle of 1952, all damaged sections
were repaired, and the construction of an annex to the school building
was begun during the summer?fall of 1952. Constrvot1n7 work on this
annex was still in process
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2. All training activities were discontinued in 1946, when the school,
as the remainder of the plant, was dismantled. The training program
was resumed in 1948 or 19491 though on a smaller scale.
in January 1952, there were approximately 400-500 trainees at 50X1-HUN/
the schooland there was much talk of planned expansion of the school.
It was rumored that this expansion would increase the attendance capacity
to 1000 to 1500 apprentices.
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3. The three primary training courses which existed by the end of 1952
were as follows:
a. Precision optics
b. Precision mechanics
c. Tool making (lathe operators, metal cutters, shapers, etc 1
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WAR of the conventional type used in optical
4. The machinery and equipgrent
and mechanical trainin
5. The apprentices were assigned practical tasks in addition to the training
received at the school. The various training sections resumed
practical work on serial production of minor instruments, e.g., mirror
stereoscopes as early as 1951-1952. Other assignments included the
processing of simple metal and optical parts. 50X1-HUM
6. 110M.BACH was the director of the apprentice school.
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In 1952, it was common knowledge that the expansion of this school
was considered one of the iiportant projects of the plant management!
Apparently directives from the Ministry for Machine Building Indus-
try and other governmental offices specifically requested the es-
tablishment of acentmapelpiudedschaifortmtmdning of young workers
and technicians. It was evident that the enlargement of the school
was in line with the Soviet propaganda which claimed that young
Germans in the Soviet Zone of Germany had great opportunities for
technical training and advancement. This expansion and the accel-
erated training program was viewed by the older Zeiss employees as
a means of replacing the older, politically insecure personnel with
those politically indoctrinated during the training period, and
willing to accept Communist principles. 50X1-HUM
The accommodation of a larger number of trainees would
necessarily require the installation of additional equipment. 50X1-HUM
hthere were approximately 400 - 500 a
enrolled in January .:952. Enrollment increased thereafterriths
aucurnecZnetthon gOtOhe
planned expansion)xne scnool
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A period of three years was the established time for the com-
pletion of a training course. This period was reduced to two -
two and one-half years during 1948-1952. Apparently an urgent
need for a greater number of skilled workers occasioned the
reduction of the training period. Throughout 1952,the re-es-
tablishment of the full three-yearitraining course was fre-
auently suggested
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addition to vocational training, apprentices were given _n-
ten-sive political indoctrination courses conducted by a staff
of FDJ functionaries employed for this purpose by the plant ad-
ministration.
NEW BUIIDING-FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUPPOSED AERIAL CAMERAS AT ZEISS
12. This building was located in the southwest section of the u d
on.g.esn OnM^00 4." g"V".a214-4" chool building.
(The physical Lea ures
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of this building are described below.) This building was greatly
damaged during World War II; reconstruction work began in 1951.
13. This hall was rebuilt primarily to house workshops and technical
offices designated for assembly and production of large instruments.
Actual work in this building commenced during March-April of 1952.
The first instruments produced were the 1952 series of the aerial
training instrument A-1; The Soviets ordered the imitation of the
development of this instrument in 1951. During 1952 the productic-
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of the 4-2. a modified or improved version of the A-1 supposedly
began.
This building also contained a few workshops in whicB
items for civilian use (e.g. camera stands for microfilm documentation,
electronic microscopes, planetarium instruments, etc.) were produced.
Experimentation and development in the photogrammetric field was not
resumed significantly until the middle of 19520ehen many of the
specialists were repatriated to Jena from the USSR. The revival
of photogrammetrio work necessitated the establishment of photogrammetric
workshops in this building. However, Production had not assumed
any sizeable proportions by the end of 1952.
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14. The three main production sections known to exist in this building
as of 1952 are as follows:
a. Large instruments assembly
b. Assembly of photogrammetric instruments
c. Production of planetarium instruments and items for civilian
use
Workshops engaged in the production of planetarium instruments and
items for civilian use were located on the ground and basement floors.
During 1952the manufacture of the A-1 (or A-2) constituted 70 per
cent of all production, items for civilian use--25 per cent, and
production of photogrammetric instruments--five per cent.
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no aerial cameras were in production
at Zeiss. Jena0 by the end of 1952.
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were no drawings or blueprints regarding production of aerial cameras--
either in existence, or in process of preparation. As far as the
building in question is concerned, no mention of work performed
there on aerial cameras was ever made in 1952. Due to this ab-
sence of blueprints (the preparation of which would require im-
measurable tine and effort on the part of the designers), 50X1-HUM
production of aerial cameras has-not yet been initi- 50X1-HUM
a e Furthermore, the existence of special machines designated
for the assembly and production of these cameras were unknown 50X1-HUM
However, a project for future development of an 50X1-HUM
was mentioned during the plant management's dis-
cussion of 1953 research and development programs. If approved,
this project would involve an aerial mapping camera, size 18 x 18
centimeters focal length--20 centimeters with a stabilizer. The
development of this project would have commenced in the beginning
of 1953. Inquiries were made at the plant during the summer and
fall of 1952 concerning production possibilities of aerial'equip-
ment,,re0ifiers, and multiplex sets.
no orders had been placed by December 1952.
aerial camera
16. The administration and technical direction of work performed within
this building fell under the jurisdiction o the Main Technical
Managnmnnt hAadAd by Tna Rudnlf MUFTTPR
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there were approximately 100 mechanics employed
in this building. Among the employees were: HENZSGE and KEUCHER,
photogrammetric specialists who worked as supervisors in the
photogrammetrio field; and BRANDT and GREGELIUS, both active on
the A-1 project.
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The building was approximately 70 - 90 meters long, 30 meters
wide i and 15 meters' high. It had a reinforced concrete frame,
and a shell-shaped roof. The building was situated on a slight
!flolinee at the base of which was the street leading into the
south plant area. The interior of the building consisted of
a basement and a large assembly-type hall above. The base-
ment side of the building facing the street was partially
underground, whereas the side facing the plant yard was above
ground, and formed the ground floor. A number of high windows
ran along all sides of the building. In the center of the
hall there were six-eight small rooms known as dark rooms.
These rooms served for testing of large instruments (A-1).
Work benches were, located along both sides of the hall. A two-
story plywood partition at the south end of the hall separated
the hall from a number of workshops and offices. To my know-
ledge, the hall was equipped with standard workshop machinery
such as medium-size lathes, boring machines, etc., and devices
for testing and rectifying of instruments.
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The building was ready for occupancy and production of the
A-1 and, to a lesser extent, items designated for civilian
use in March - April of 1952. Various sections of the building
were still undergoing reconstruction in 1952
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no information concerning the equipment and machinery
installed or to be installed in the building-except for the
fact that it was suitable for the assembly of large instruments.
A general reconstruction of damaged buildings throughout the
plant was in process during 1952. The rehabilitation of
this particular building was undoubtedly instigated by the
Ministry for Machine Building Industry with the intention of
utilizing the hall for the planned expansion of the A-1 pro-
duction.
the building was ready for occupancy
and production in 1952. As to military work performed there,
the production of the A-1 (A-2) had to be
completed by the spring of 1953.
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