Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/23

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Subject: [Leica] Universal viewfinder turret Russian Contax copy
From: gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO)
Date: Tue Aug 23 21:18:20 2005
 
Marc James Small writes in part:

> 
> Camera production lines were taken to the USSR.  In addition, much
> machinery was taken to the USSR beyond this.  But the Soviets requried a
> German participation for thirty years to ensure that production 
> standardswere met and the like.  So, camera production lines were 
> moved to the Ukraine but the lens production stuff was a lot more 
> hit-or-miss.
> 

So Soviet reparations extended to optical and camera companies as well. 
Other than opening up German patents in the western part of Germany was 
there significant demontage by the western allies of optical related 
industries?

Regards,

Greg
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