There are too many specimen copies in that cupboard.Īfter the war the Breitenbuch family moved to Lower Saxony where the father started his new job as forester. Most wives will probably not agree, though. I also resent the idea of collecting, so this seems a very reasonable approach. His son seems to have taken that to his heart because he insists he is not collecting binoculars but securing 'specimen copies'. He used to say that 'hunters and gatherers are a primitive state in the development of mankind'. because von Breitenbuch knew how to shoot, being a forester and experienced hunter. Had Hitler not issued that directive before Eberhard von Breitenbuch arrived in Berghof. Secondly, Eberhard von Breitenbuch definitely had no contact with Stauffenberg - they were in different heeres groups and the conspiration was well shielded also internally, so von Breitenbuch came out of it unharmed.

Firstly, the date of the issue of that directive is unknown to him, but it was definitely the first time his father was not allowed in the briefings. Börries von Breitenbuch made some corrections to that text source. But Breitenbuch was denied entry into the conference because of a fuehrer directive issued earlier that same day prohibiting ADC's from attending fuehrer briefings.' (from: ). ' On March 11, 1944, armed with a 7.65 mm Browning concealed in his trouser-pocket, aide-de-camp Breitenbuch accompanied Field Marshal Ernst Busch to Hitler's Berghof residence to attend a fuehrer conference. Moreover, to learn about the history of Zeiss, and - quite unexpectedly - about a most thrilling part of German history.īecause von Breitenbuch´s father Eberhard was part of the conspiracy in 1944 to kill Hitler. A great opportunity for me to enjoy some legendary porros for a couple of weeks and profit from his vast knowledge about vintage binoculars. Starting at 2 o´clock, clockwise: CZJ Octarem 8x50, CZJ Septarem 7x40, Zeiss West 10x50, Zeiss West 8x50B, CZJ Nobilem Super 8x50, and in the middle: Zeiss DF 7x50H from Jena, long before Zeiss was torn apart into east and west.īörries von Breitenbuch was so kind to sent me some of his binoculars, mostly 8x50s from Carl Zeiss Jena and Zeiss West (Oberkochen). a look at Vintage 8x50mm binoculars from Carl Zeiss Jena and Oberkochen - and a conversation with their owner, Börries von Breitenbuch. When owning binoculars was forbidden under threat of death, why an attempt to assassinate Hitler failed, and scenes from the history of Zeiss. Vintage 8x50s from Carl Zeiss Jena and Oberkochen

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