diff --git a/BeWo/ServiceProxy/Generated.cs b/BeWo/ServiceProxy/Generated.cs
index 2ead1a56c..d41c8fcef 100644
--- a/BeWo/ServiceProxy/Generated.cs
+++ b/BeWo/ServiceProxy/Generated.cs
@@ -489,6 +489,10 @@ namespace BeWo.ServiceProxy
         [System.ServiceModel.OperationContractAttribute(Action="http://tempuri.org/IEmployeeService/GetEmployeeImage", ReplyAction="http://tempuri.org/IEmployeeService/GetEmployeeImageResponse")]
         [System.ServiceModel.FaultContractAttribute(typeof(BeWo.ServiceProxy.BeWoFault), Action="http://tempuri.org/IEmployeeService/GetEmployeeImageBeWoFaultFault", Name="BeWoFault", Namespace="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/BeWo.Service.ServiceContracts")]
         byte[] GetEmployeeImage(long employeeOid);
+        
+        [System.ServiceModel.OperationContractAttribute(Action="http://tempuri.org/IEmployeeService/GetEmployeeThumbnail", ReplyAction="http://tempuri.org/IEmployeeService/GetEmployeeThumbnailResponse")]
+        [System.ServiceModel.FaultContractAttribute(typeof(BeWo.ServiceProxy.BeWoFault), Action="http://tempuri.org/IEmployeeService/GetEmployeeThumbnailBeWoFaultFault", Name="BeWoFault", Namespace="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/BeWo.Service.ServiceContracts")]
+        byte[] GetEmployeeThumbnail(long employeeOid);
     }
     
     [System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.ServiceModel", "4.0.0.0")]
@@ -909,6 +913,11 @@ namespace BeWo.ServiceProxy
         {
             return base.Channel.GetEmployeeImage(employeeOid);
         }
+        
+        public byte[] GetEmployeeThumbnail(long employeeOid)
+        {
+            return base.Channel.GetEmployeeThumbnail(employeeOid);
+        }
     }
     
     [System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.ServiceModel", "4.0.0.0")]
diff --git a/BeWo/View/ChatView.xaml.cs b/BeWo/View/ChatView.xaml.cs
index afea38dbb..0e4b912ff 100644
--- a/BeWo/View/ChatView.xaml.cs
+++ b/BeWo/View/ChatView.xaml.cs
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ namespace BeWo.View
                 {
                     if(list.PersonOid != BeWoApp.LoggedOnUser.Employee.PersonOid){
                         Clientlist.Items.Add(new KontaktlistBuilder(list.FirstName + " " + list.LastName, StatusType.Offline,
-                            BuildImg(ServiceFacade.DoEmployeeServiceSync(s => s.GetEmployeeImage(list.EmployeeOid)),ChatType.Mitarbeiter),
+                            BuildImg(ServiceFacade.DoEmployeeServiceSync(s => s.GetEmployeeThumbnail(list.EmployeeOid)),ChatType.Mitarbeiter),
                             list.PersonOid, ChatType.Mitarbeiter));
                     }
                 }
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ namespace BeWo.View
                     if (!idMitarbeitspeicher.Contains(var.PersonOid) && idMitarbeitspeicher.Count <= offmitarbeiter.Count && var.PersonOid != BeWoApp.LoggedOnUser.Employee.PersonOid)
                     {
                         ita.Add(new KontaktlistBuilder(var.FirstName + " " + var.LastName,StatusType.Offline,
-                         BuildImg(ServiceFacade.DoEmployeeServiceSync(s => s.GetEmployeeImage(var.EmployeeOid)),ChatType.Mitarbeiter),
+                         BuildImg(ServiceFacade.DoEmployeeServiceSync(s => s.GetEmployeeThumbnail(var.EmployeeOid)),ChatType.Mitarbeiter),
                          var.PersonOid, ChatType.Mitarbeiter));
                         view.Refresh();
                     }
diff --git a/Data/Entities/Employee.cs b/Data/Entities/Employee.cs
index df9e77277..e9aca7510 100644
--- a/Data/Entities/Employee.cs
+++ b/Data/Entities/Employee.cs
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ namespace BeWo.Data.Entities
 
 	    public static String PropertyName_EmployeeColor = "EmployeeColor";
 
-	    public static string PropertyName_EmployeeImage = "EmployeeImage"; 
+	    public static string PropertyName_EmployeeImage = "EmployeeImage";
+
+        public static string PropertyName_EmployeeThumbnail = "EmployeeThumbnail";
 
 
 		private IList<AbsenceTime> _AbsenceTimes;
@@ -99,6 +101,8 @@ namespace BeWo.Data.Entities
 
 	    private byte[] _EmployeeImage;
 
+	    private byte[] _EmployeeThumbnail;
+
 
 		public Employee()
 		{
@@ -474,5 +478,20 @@ namespace BeWo.Data.Entities
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        public virtual Byte[] EmployeeThumbnail
+        {
+            get { return _EmployeeThumbnail; }
+
+            set
+            {
+                if (AreDifferent(_EmployeeThumbnail, value))
+                {
+                    _EmployeeThumbnail = value;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Data/Mappings/Employee.hbm.xml b/Data/Mappings/Employee.hbm.xml
index a5b8b6781..8ad83a1e7 100644
--- a/Data/Mappings/Employee.hbm.xml
+++ b/Data/Mappings/Employee.hbm.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     
       <property column="EmployeeColor" type="String" name="EmployeeColor" />
       <property column="EmployeeImage" name="EmployeeImage" />
+      <property column="EmployeeThumbnail" name="EmployeeThumbnail" />
       
     <property column="InsTs" type="DateTime" name="InsTs" />
     <property column="InsUser" type="String" name="InsUser" length="256" />
diff --git a/Model/Changes_06_10_2016.txt b/Model/Changes_06_10_2016.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdf56fb07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Model/Changes_06_10_2016.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ALTER TABLE `1234567890`.`employee` 
+ADD COLUMN `EmployeeThumbnail` LONGBLOB NULL DEFAULT NULL COMMENT '' AFTER `EmployeeImage`;
diff --git a/Service/DCEntityMapper/EmployeeDC_Employee.cs b/Service/DCEntityMapper/EmployeeDC_Employee.cs
index 666e54307..4c0c1953b 100644
--- a/Service/DCEntityMapper/EmployeeDC_Employee.cs
+++ b/Service/DCEntityMapper/EmployeeDC_Employee.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using BeWo.Data.Entities;
 
 using BS.Shared;
+using BS.Shared.Core;
 using BS.Shared.DataContracts;
 
 namespace BeWo.Service.DCEntityMapper
@@ -157,6 +158,10 @@ namespace BeWo.Service.DCEntityMapper
 			pEntity.IsActive = pDataContract.ActivationType;
 
             pEntity.EmployeeImage = pDataContract.EmployeeImage;
+            
+            pEntity.EmployeeThumbnail = Utils.ErstelleThumbnail(pDataContract.EmployeeImage, 200, 200);
+
+
 
             //pEntity.CancellationPeriod = pDataContract.CancellationPeriod;
             //pEntity.EntryDate = pDataContract.EntryDate;
diff --git a/Service/ServiceContracts/IEmployeeService.cs b/Service/ServiceContracts/IEmployeeService.cs
index 352314a79..187e5dcc3 100644
--- a/Service/ServiceContracts/IEmployeeService.cs
+++ b/Service/ServiceContracts/IEmployeeService.cs
@@ -318,5 +318,9 @@ namespace BeWo.Service.ServiceContracts
         [FaultContract(typeof(BeWoFault))]
         [OperationContract]
         Byte[] GetEmployeeImage(long employeeOid);
+
+        [FaultContract(typeof(BeWoFault))]
+        [OperationContract]
+        Byte[] GetEmployeeThumbnail(long employeeOid);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Service/ServiceImplementations/EmployeeServiceImp.cs b/Service/ServiceImplementations/EmployeeServiceImp.cs
index bf4e8945f..d325b0c70 100644
--- a/Service/ServiceImplementations/EmployeeServiceImp.cs
+++ b/Service/ServiceImplementations/EmployeeServiceImp.cs
@@ -1183,6 +1183,19 @@ namespace BeWo.Service.ServiceImplementations
             }
         }
 
+        public Byte[] GetEmployeeThumbnail(long employeeOid)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var employee = DAOFactory.GenericDAO.GetByID<Employee>(employeeOid);
+               
+                return employee.EmployeeThumbnail;
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                throw Utils.CreateBeWoFaultException(e);
+            }
+        }    
 
 
     }