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Yes, there was a unit dedicated to Reparations
This area of history is not my strong point, but I do know that there was a Soviet unit dedicated to identifying and securing German 'reparations'. Lots of industry was methodically moved back to Russia. Also lots of artworks and libraries.
For example, I know the Soviets also moved the Zeiss optics factory in Jena to Leningrad, locks stock and barrel. They even took the Zeiss technicians... who were not allowed to return home until the Leningrad factory (LOMO) was producing optics equal in quality to what the Germans had been producing. They didn't get back to Germany until 1953 or 1954!
-- Mark
A Russian Chrono For Glashütte Fans...
The wonderful thing about Soviet Russian watches is that each one has a fascinating story to tell. Recently I obtained one that might interest fans of watches and chronographs from Glashütte. Here is the story... In 1941, Glashütte-based Tutima began prod...
A must-see report for Glashuette historians
Thanks Mark: for a little-known delve into GO history. I wonder if in the fog of war the Russian Army or any army had strategic command units dedicated to purloining assets? That would explain the speed of their capture of "war reparations". "When zey rai...