kbg32 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 From Pop Photo's Herbert Keppler. http://www.popphoto.com/blogsandcolumns/2429/speaking-frankly-from-leitz-sublime-to-leica-splitsville.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_graham3 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Glad Mr. Keppler woke up from his nap. That story surfaced several years ago, and was noted on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gman Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Good story. Thanks for sharing the link. Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael s. Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Here's <a href=http://www.leica-camera.com/discus_e/messages/2/52762.html>more info and a link to Rabbi Smith's article</a>, furnished by Rabbi Smith himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead_metaphor Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Nice to know. I've always felt a little funny patronizing German firms established between the World Wars, as I know firsthand what fanatical German's did to my family in Holland. Good to know the people at Leitz had some scruples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christopher_a._junker1 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Interesting story on the Leitz family to say the least. Herbert Keppler should contact the George Eastman House for background on the people Kodak AG brought out of Germany and Austria to Rochester in the late 1930's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 http://www.nemeng.com/leica/005eb.shtml More information about the Leica Freedom Train If you have broadband watch the movie, "One Camera One Life" (link near the bottom of the above page.) Very moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony_brookes5 Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 In my view another proprietor of a famous German company also needs wider recognition for his refusal to bow to the Nazis - Robert Bosch. He was inolved with Goerdeler and others in trying to protect German citizen from the brutality of Nazism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_noble Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 I wonder how old this news is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob haight Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Jon, it dates back to the 1030's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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