Objects

Among the items taken by Marceli Najder from the former German pharmacy in Bolesławiec, where he worked as manager after the war, we can also find a mysterious black wooden box with white lettering reading “Dunkelfeldeinrichtung zur Mikroskopieausrüstung”. It contains a dark field condenser. It is an attachment that, when mounted on a microscope, makes it possible to observe a bright image of the specimen against a black background. Dark field is used when examining unstained samples, which is especially helpful in the observation of living objects such as blood cells, but also bacteria or yeast.

Marta Frączkiewicz