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A Nazi rebranded as a Space Race hero – but you probably knew that already
Nasa, Nazis and the Space Race (Channel 4) is a strong, if misleadingly titled, one-off documentary. It tells the story of ...
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Wernher von Braun and the Nazis
Wernher von Braun, received an unpleasant surprise. A West German court asked him to testify in the trial of three former SS men from the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp, which had supplied ...
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Was Wernher von Braun really a Nazi?
He was also a member of the feared SS paramilitary group ... according to the book Dark Side of the Moon: Wernher von Braun, the Third Reich, and the Space Race. There are other accounts that ...
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The strange resurrection of Wernher von Braun
The other day I ran into Dr. Wernher von Braun – in a very strange and unlikely ... to join Hitler’s political party and even the SS. Was it really that surprising? Or were all the pearl ...
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The two faces of a wartime aerospace engineer: the controversial tale of Wernher von Braun
Devastating invention Arguably Wernher von Braun’s biggest contribution was the V-2 ... The author notes the inherent dichotomy in von Braun’s joining the SS in 1940 only to go on, in 1965, to ...
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ByGone Muncie: Wernher von Braun’s 1968 visit to Muncie
Sadly, I must begin my column this week on a disenchanting note. Regardless of what you read, hear, or who says it, human beings will never colonize Mars. It’s a dumb idea. Mars has zero ...
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Genie ohne Gewissen: Wer war Wernher von Braun?
Trotz aller Erfolge und allen Ruhms ließ die Vergangenheit Wernher von Braun nie los. Es wurde aufgedeckt, dass er 1937 der NSDAP und 1940 der SS beigetreten war. Dass er dem NS-Regime eine Waffe ...
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23. März 1912 - Wernher von Braun wird geboren
Wernher von Braun, der am 23. März 1912 in der preußischen ... Bereits im Jahr zuvor ist von Braun in die SS eingetreten. Verantwortlich für die "V2" In der Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemünde ...
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Don’t Honor Those With a Nazi History
There’s a complete V2 rocket in the exhibition, but even there, Wernher von Braun’s name is not prominently displayed. Von Braun, or to give him his full title, SS-Obersturmbannführer von ...
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A Nazi rebranded as a Space Race hero – but you probably knew that already
The familiar story of Wernher von Braun, the SS member turned US visionary, gets rehashed in Channel 4’s Nasa, Nazis and the Space Race Jump to content UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...
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Who was Wernher von Braun?
German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun (1912-1977), born in 1912 in Wirsitz ... Although he had been a member of the German SS and had used slave labor at Mittelwerk, the Nazi underground ...