Ihagee Kamerawerk Steenbergen & Co

In 1912, the Dutchman Johan Steenbergen founded the Industrie- und Handelsgesellschaft mbH in Dresden. The company produced photographic equipment and consumer goods. After merging with the company of camera table maker Emil Englisch in 1918, the factory was called Ihagee Kamerawerk Steenbergen & Co. The shareholders were Johan Steenbergen, Emil Englisch, Otto Diebel, Hugo Frauenstein, Konrad Koch, Emil Kirsch and Hermann Schubert.

Johan Steenbergen acquired a plot of land at the corner of Schandauer Str. 24 and Bergmannstrasse in 1922, on which he had a new factory built by 1923, initially providing 500 jobs. In 1929, an extension was added with a total of 1000 jobs, although this was never reached. In 1928, the Kingdom of the Netherlands appoints Johan Steenbergen as Honorary Consul in Dresden. The consular offices were located in the company building. In 1931 he married the American Elisabeth Nussbaum. Despite her Jewish faith, she was largely spared Nazi reprisals from 1933 onwards. In 1941, the Dutch working capital was confiscated. On January 1, 1942, the company was converted into a stock corporation. On December 11, 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on the USA. Johan Steenbergen emigrated to the USA with his Jewish wife on May 15, 1942.

The factory was completely destroyed during the bombing raids on Dresden in February 1945.