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 2 years agoSome were party leaders…
lettruthout@lemmy.world 2 years ago
And even if they were, what harm did this cause while working for NASA?
RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 2 years 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
fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 years 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.
DeadPand@midwest.social 2 years ago
Which ones?
fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 years ago
If you would like to read more about this, here are some articles:
Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 2 years 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.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 years ago
That last link talks about some particular unsavory ones who were later investigated by the US too. Nothing happened of course.