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lettruthout@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Some were party leaders…

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  • DeadPand@midwest.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Which ones?

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you would like to read more about this, here are some articles:

      • time.com/5627637/nasa-nazi-von-braun/
      • www.jstor.org/stable/1433245
      • aljazeera.com/…/wernher-von-braun-historys-most-c…
      • en.wikipedia.org/…/Operation_Backfire_(World_War_…
      • en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_Germans_relocated_to_t…
      • old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/…/fthzz6r/

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      • Omgpwnies@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Possibly something to consider as well is that a) under virtually no circumstance would these people ever have to face trial, because rocket scientists are a valuable commodity, and b) the US/USSR were already nudging themselves into the Cold War before the Germans surrendered. If the USA didn’t nab these scientists, the USSR certainly would have. I see it was mentioned in the reddit post you linked as well. Another thing to consider, is it would be much easier for the US to keep tabs on these people if they were brought to the US and employed in government jobs than if they went to the USSR, or Argentina like many other Nazi officials.

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  • lettruthout@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah the Wikipedia article states that, but their sources don’t check out. 'Any further documentation on this?

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Links above.

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  • lettruthout@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And even if they were, what harm did this cause while working for NASA?

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    • RegalPotoo@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The US deliberately hid their involvement in some absolutely horrendous crimes - von Brown oversaw a facility where tens of thousands of people were murdered - so they were not prosecuted for war crimes. There were plenty of people in the US who could have replicated the work, but they were so worried about the Soviets that they let some truly monstrous people go totally unpunished to get ahead

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you would like to read more about this, here are some articles:

      https://time.com/5627637/nasa-nazi-von-braun/
      https://www.jstor.org/stable/1433245
      https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2013/5/3/wernher-von-braun-historys-most-controversial-figure
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Backfire_(World_War_II)
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germans_relocated_to_the_US_via_the_Operation_Paperclip
      https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gzkgta/nazi_and_jewish_scientists_at_nasa/fthzz6r/
      

      It’s controversial. A lot of old science comes from abhorrent backgrounds. Life consists of various shades of grey.

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