Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:19 PM 4/11/06 -0700, Peter Klein wrote: >Ted and other interested parties: > >The inscription, in Cyrillic (Russian) said, NKVD - USSR. > >The NKVD was the precursor of the KGB. FED, the name of the camera, are >the initials of the founder of the NKVD. He also built a factory that >trained orphans in trades, which is why the camera bears his name. You can >read the full story here: >http://www.commiecameras.com/sov/35mmrangefindercameras/cameras/fed/index.htm > >(Marc James Small, please feel free to correct any inaccuracies). Heavens! No innacuracies, Peter. Just bear in mind that the factory was for the orphans of the folks Dzherzhinski had had killed. This was a factory to train those whose parents were unreliables to be Solid Citizens of the Soviet Union. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505