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  1. 5 days ago · Known as the Leica Freedom Train, a tunnel system in Wetzlar Germany enabled Jewish Leitz employees to escape Nazi-controlled Germany in the late 1930s.

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  2. Jun 16, 2024 · This edition is edited and updated by Frank Dabba Smith, best known for his work on the 'Leica Freedom Train'. Dennis Laney was the previous author, and Erwin Puts contributed his take on the lenses, so there's a lot of Leica expertise packed into a compact volume.

  3. Jun 21, 2024 · Known as the Leica Freedom Train, Ernst Leitz II of the Leica Camera company relocated many of his Jewish employees before Nazi Germany closed its borders

  4. Jun 25, 2024 · The Leica Freedom Train: Ernst Leitz II, the head of the Leica Camera company, helped hundreds of Jews escape Nazi Germany by assigning them overseas work, a rescue effort known as the “Leica Freedom Train.”

  5. Jun 21, 2024 · Take a look here Valdemossa Train. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!

  6. Jun 23, 2024 · The Leica Freedom Train was a rescue effort in which hundreds of Jews were smuggled out of Nazi Germany before the Holocaust by Ernst Leitz II of the Leica Camera company, and his daughter Elsie Kuehn-Leitz.

  7. Jun 11, 2024 · Quite the contrary to catering to Hitler's government, Leica actually smuggled many Jews out of Germany before the Holocaust, in what's become known as the "Leica Freedom Train" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leica_Freedom_Train