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In April 1945 the Third United States Army under command of George S. Patton entered Jena and occupied the Carl Zeiss Jena factory. According to eyewitnesses the factory, despite intensive air raids of the Allied Forces, was in a good shape. According to the Jalta declarations Jena and other Zeiss plants were supposed to be situated in a zone controlled by the Russians; only the Stuttgart factory was given to the Americans. Thats why, as soon as April 1945, the Americans started to move the equipment and documentation to Stuttgart, along with engineers and scientists. It concerned not only the factory itself but also the Schott company plants and also Jena University.In May 1945 the American Army started to withdraw from Jena, ceding the territory to the Russians; their army entered at the end of June and the beginning of July. Like the Americans, the Russians took away what they could find machines, documentations and staff. As a result, during just one year, about 90% of Jena equipment disappeared. Despite that fact the factory was still able to produce small amounts of 8×30, 7×50 and 10×50 pairs of binoculars with individual focusing, mainly for military use.
Binoculars from ZEISS have a legendary reputation. A reputation founded over the years on exceptional optical performance, outstanding ergonomics, robust construction and a world of innovations that have constantly expanded the limits of the technically possible. Generations of nature lovers swear by their ZEISS binoculars. Many of them are still in constant use today. Nevertheless, time never stands still. Today, ZEISS offers highest-quality equipment for a wide range of different needs from special binoculars for observation in the twilight hours and at night to compact binoculars for everyday use.
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