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    Ernst Leitz in 1869 (Ernst Leitz Wetzlar), in Wetzlar, Germany. The name Leica is derived from the first three letters of the founder's surname (Leitz) and...
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    Jacob Schmidheiny, the company Heinrich Wild, Werkstätte für Feinmechanik und Optik (later known as Wild Heerbrugg, Wild-Leitz AG, Leica Geosystems, Leica...
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    Wild's Geodätische Instrumente", later "Wild Heerbrugg AG", later "Wild-Leitz". The company was linked with Leica in 1989, then it became part of Leica...
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  • co-founders of Lehman Brothers Ernst Leitz II (1871–1956), owner of Leitz Camera Louis Leitz (1846–1918), founder of Leitz Carl von Linde (1842–1934), founder...
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    countries. Leica Microsystems emerged in 1997 out of a 1990 merger between Wild-Leitz, headquartered in Heerbrugg Switzerland, and Cambridge Instruments of Cambridge...
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    pronounced [ˈʁaɪ̯çsˌzɪçɐhaɪ̯t͡sˌhaʊ̯ptʔamt] , RSHA) was an organization under Heinrich Himmler in his dual capacity as Chef der Deutschen Polizei (Chief of German...
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    with the optical firm of Ernst Leitz of Wetzlar in 1987, acquired a majority interest in Kern in 1988, was renamed Wild Leitz AG in 1989, and became part...
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    Library. E. Leitz Inc. November 1969. Retrieved 22 March 2023. "Leitz Wetzlar SUPER-ANGULON 21mm F/3.4". Lens-DB. Retrieved 22 March 2023. "Leitz Wetzlar...
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    Bartov, Omer (1999). "Soldiers, Nazis and War in the Third Reich". In Leitz, Christian (ed.). The Third Reich: The Essential Readings. London: Blackwell...
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    Schlossberg Weingut Georg Breuer Weingut Carl Jung Weingut Josef Leitz Weingut Dr. Heinrich Nägler Assmannshausen vineyard Höllenberg, famous for its red...
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  • Camera, Leica Geosystems and Leica Microsystems – Ernst Leitz II (Leitz Camera) Leitz – Louis Leitz LeMond Racing Cycles – Greg LeMond Leslie – Donald Leslie...
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    Switzerland during the World Wars Weinberg 2005, A World At Arms, p. 174 Leitz, Christian (2000). Nazi Germany and Neutral Europe during the Second World...
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    needed] Oskar Barnack, who was in charge of research and development at Leitz, decided to investigate using 35 mm cine film for still cameras while attempting...
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    Hans-Adolf (1999). "The Structure of Nazi Foreign Policy, 1933–1945". In Leitz, Christian (ed.). The Third Reich: The Essential Readings. London: Blackwell...
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  • publisher of Die Gartenlaube Carl Kellner (1826–1855), founder of Ernst Leitz GmbH, which later became Leica Camera AG, Leica Geosystems AG, and Leica...
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  • Leitz, Christian (2004). Nazi Foreign Policy, 1933–1941: The Road to Global War. Routledge. p. 114. ISBN 0-415-17423-6. Leitz (2004), p. 115 Leitz (2004)...
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    Munksgaard, Kopenhagen 1940. Christian Leitz: Altägyptische Sternuhren. Peeters, Leuven 1995, ISBN 90-6831-669-9. Christian Leitz: Studien zur ägyptischen Astronomie...
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    Eberhard. Hitler's World View p. 41 Strobl, Gerwin. The Germanic Isle p. 43. Leitz, Christian. Nazi Foreign Policy p. 35 "Hitler's secret book. Introd. by...
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    255–73 from The Third Reich The Essential Readings edited by Christian Leitz, Blackwell: London, 1999 pp. 259–62. Maciejewska, Beata (5 June 2007), "Hołd...
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    instrument manufacturer based in Aarau. However, it was taken over by Wild Leitz in 1988, and was closed in 1991. The small scale of Aarau causes it to continually...
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    Vogel 1995, p. 286 Weinberg 2006, pp. 26–27. Weinberg 2005, pp. 26–27. Leitz 2000, p. 52. Ackermann 1970, p. 191. Kersten 1957, p. 143. Rich 1974, p...
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  • Hans-Adolf (1999). "The Structure of Nazi Foreign Policy, 1933-1945". In Leitz, Christian (ed.). The Third Reich The Essential Readings. Blackwell. pp...
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    Jacques de (1979). El rey Vikingo del Paraguay (in Spanish). Hachette. Leitz, Christian (2004). Nazi Foreign Policy, 1933–1941: The Road to Global War...
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  • invention of the 35 mm or "candid" camera by Oskar Barnack of the Ernst Leitz company. The Ur-Leica was a compact camera based on the idea of reducing...
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    [in German] (1999). "The Structure of Nazi Foreign Policy 1933-1945". In Leitz, Christian; James, Harold (eds.). The Third Reich: The Essential Readings...
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    Looking for new employment, Waaske presented his compact camera to Ludwig Leitz and to Kodak, but to no avail. In January 1965 Waaske started working for...
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    Bartov, Omer (1999). "Soldiers, Nazis and War in the Third Reich". In Leitz, Christian (ed.). The Third Reich. London: Blackwell. pp. 129–150. ISBN 978-0-631-20700-9...
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    Schutzstaffel (category Heinrich Himmler)
    (1999). "The Structure of Nazi Foreign Policy, 1933–1945". In Christian Leitz (ed.). The Third Reich: The Essential Readings. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 978-0-631-20700-9...
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    Richard (1999). "Germany, 'Domestic Crisis' and War in 1939". In Christian Leitz (ed.). The Third Reich. Oxford: Blackwell. pp. 117–118. ISBN 0631207007...
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    through a leak by a former employee in the Wa Prüf 6, senior engineer Heinrich Ernst Kniepkamp and others. On 5 March 1942, Albert Speer reported that...
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