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Minox
The Minox is a subminiature camera designed by the Riga-born engineer Walter Zapp and first manufactured in 1938 by the state electrical works VEF in Riga. Small enough to fit in the palm and using film 9.5 millimetres wide, it became famous as a spy camera used by intelligence services during the Second World War and the Cold War. Production later moved to Germany, where the Minox company continued after 1945.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Minox. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/minox
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- “Minox.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/minox. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Minox.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/minox.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Minox’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/minox (Accessed: ).
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