徕卡的自由列车
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leica_Freedom_Train
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很多人都知道辛德勒的名单,但恐怕大多数人都不知道,以制造精良的光学设备和高端相机著称的徕卡,曾经在纳粹最黑暗的时期把犹太人聘为“海外雇员”,用“自由列车”帮助他们逃往国外。一个致力于追求光明,用光明照亮和真实记录这个世界的企业,不但拥有第一流的技术,更拥有最光辉的人性。这样的企业文化,使得徕卡经久不衰。这段故事,不但在维基上有介绍,国内百度也有这个词条:
“作为一个德国企业,Leica在二战时期名义上是纳粹政府的重要合作伙伴,当时的Leica主席——Ernst Leitz二世却在暗中不断帮助犹太人逃离纳粹的魔掌。从Adolf Hitler 1933年成为德国总理大臣开始,Ernst Leitz二世便不断接到来自犹太员工的电话,请求他帮助自己全家离开德国。
为此,Leitz家族的“公主”曾被盖世太保投入监狱:
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”After the war, Elsie Kuhn-Leitz received numerous honors for her humanitarian efforts, among them the Officier d'honneur des Palmes Académiques from France in 1965 and the Aristide Briand Medal from the European Academy in the 1970s and Courage to Care Award from the Anti-Defamation League. According to Norman Lipton, a freelance writer and editor, the Leitz family wanted no publicity for its heroic efforts. Only after the last member of the Leitz family was dead did the "Leica Freedom Train" finally come to light. It is the subject of a book, The Greatest Invention of the Leitz Family: The Leica Freedom Train (American Photographic Historical Society, New York, 2002) by Frank Dabba Smith, a California-born rabbi currently living in England. In 2007, Ernst Leitz II was awarded posthumously the Courage To Care Award by the Anti-Defamation League.[5]“
华为几年前开始与徕卡合作,从此手机摄像功能大幅度提升,大有“切了苹果”之势。那么,华为能否也向徕卡学学企业文化,学学对人的尊重,对自由的追求呢?Leitz家的“公主”冒着生命危险救助犹太人,那任家的“公主”到底在干嘛呢?
我们拭目以待。
复活节周日之际,谨向伟大的Leitz家族和追求光明的徕卡致敬!