@Nonilex John Abernathy on bsky: "I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye."
https://bsky.app/profile/anotherjon.bsky.social/post/3mcmzzjrjyc2u
In WW2, the company famously "transferred" Jewish employees to their offices outside of Germany, gave them a camera & a new job. The Leica Freedom Train.
https://legionmagazine.com/the-leica-freedom-train/