Rare Singer 'C' Series Antique Sewing Machine Made in Wittenberge Germany 1930s Serialno. C1592989 Original Casing Singer Lighting Accessoires Working Condition The German factory was started in 1903 at Wittenberge in Prussia, west of Berlin on the river Elbe. The first machines were produced in 1904. June 1946, the Singer Company were informed that the machinery in the factory had been dismantled and taken to Russia as war reparations and the factory lay empty for several years. Under the DDR, the factory was re-equipped and traded as VEB Nahmaschinenwerk Wittenberge as part of the state textile machinery combine: VEB Kombinat Textima.