Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Nazis, The Rabbi and The Camera A documentary telling the little-known story of how the son of Leica’s founder, Ernst Leitz ...

From 1920-1956, Ernst Leitz II was the head of Leica Camera, but perhaps his most impressive achievement took place from 1933-1939 when Leitz and his family rescued hundreds of Jews by smuggling them ...

Like the Underground Railroad, the Leica Freedom Train was not a physical object or location but a monumental and dangerous effort to save people from persecution and even death. Update May 20: This ...

It’s a tribute to Leica that the brand influenced so many other manufacturers. When the first cameras were produced, Leitz failed to register patents in Russia or China, thus the Russians began making ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Founder of Leica Ernst Leitz. Filmmaker Peter Webber, who directed the Oscar-nominated film 'Girl With The Pearl Earring', will ...

Take a trip back to a time before World War II where the idea of a portable 35mm camera was just becoming a reality. Filmarchives Online brings us an amazing peek into the Earnst Leitz Optische Werke ...

In 2014, the town of Wetzlar, Germany celebrated the return of iconic lens and camera manufacturer, Leica, which was founded 100 years ago in this manufacturing enclave outside Frankfurt. The ...

Leica Mod. Ia (1927), production number 5193, production time 1925-1936. Photo by Kameraprojekt Graz 2015 | CC-BY-SA 4.0 The Leica I was unveiled 100 years ago today, on March 1, 1925. The Leica I, ...

Leica has revealed its latest smartphone model dubbed the Leitz Phone 2, named after the company’s founder and his son Ernst Leitz II who introduced the first commercial 35 mm camera in 1924. As ...

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the first mass-produced Leica camera. On March 1, 1925, exactly a century ago, the Leica I made its public debut at the Leipzig Spring Fair, introducing a compact ...