Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I seem to recall reading that there was a certain British officer - the name I cannot recall - at the Volkswagen plant who also helped them to the the wheels turning again and introduced the marque to Britain. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho > > -----Original Message----- > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Gear I wish I'd kept. > <snip> > The US Army sent in Emil Keller, then a Sergeant, > Leitz enjoyed an almost seamless > transition from wartime conditions to the Postwar > life and it never suffered the sort of horrors > experienced by Volkswagen AG. A similar > situation occurred in Braunschweig with the > Franke & Heidecke and Voigtl?nder plants, which > the British froze and secured. <snip> < > Marc > \ > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > >