a post about how many nazis remained in positions of power is made, the op is called a tankie and people defend the decision to keep nazis around
a post about how many nazis remained in positions of power is made, the op is called a tankie and people defend the decision to keep nazis around
Von Braun was a stone-cold, evil bastard monster who personally saw to the hangings of his slave workers, often right there on the spot if they pissed him off enough. It's a disgrace that he got to live a full life after the war.
Agreed. It's even more of a disgrace that he became a celebrity, and was head of NASA in a time where black people and suspected communists would have never been allowed to rise higher in rank than a Nazi.
Using him should've been a secret held in shame, but they paraded this guy around and let him do stuff. At the very least he shouldn't be a household name. Extradite him to be tried after using him to make rockets. Or just life in jail. Or never use him at all and send him to jail. So many better options.
I regret to inform you that we are not the good guys in this story, and once you frame our treatment of our fellow war criminals and genocide enthusiasts as extending a neighborly helping hand to an old friend that has fallen on rough times, the last 80 years of recorded history makes so much more fucking sense