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![]() This company was founded by Curt Bentzin in 1889 in Görlitz, Germany. In 1902 Curt helped Carl Zeiss Jena to establish a camera manufacturing process (Palmos Camerabau). After the WWII, in 1945, Bentzin was renamed to Görlitzer Kamerawerke VEB and in 1948 to Primar-Kamerawerk Görlitz VEB. In 1951 it was merged with VEB Feinoptisches Werk (ex. Meyer Görlitz), which in turn was acquired by Kombinat VEB Pentacon Dresden in 1968. All of the original Bentzin cameras were discontinued in 1954. |