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Re:Stanford launches Archive of the Military Tribunal at Nur... by kashunstva on Saturday June 03, 2023 @05:14AM (#36175002)
Where it suited the U.S. Cold War objectives, they turned a blind eye to certain individuals, notably scientists. Hoping to deprive the Soviets of scientific expertise in rocket design and various topics related to nuclear weapons, the U.S. created an extra-judicial pathway that bypassed prosecution for some.

SS Sturmbannführer Wehrner von Braun almost certainly knew of forced labour used in the V2 program but rose to prominence in NASA with no reckoning of his past.

The book “Operation Paperclip” delved into this and other examples.

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Re:Stanford launches Archive of the Military Tribunal at Nur... by ChuckNorris89 on Saturday June 03, 2023 @06:46AM (#36175462)
>SS Sturmbannführer Wehrner von Braun almost certainly knew of forced labour used in the V2 program but rose to prominence in NASA with no reckoning of his past.

And the US knew of the slave labor used by Belgium in Congo to extract uranium for the nuclear weapons program which killed dozens to hundreds of Congolese but for some reason we never talk about that as it's always "hey, don't look over there, look at the evil Nazis instead".

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