Nazis and the West, name a better duo

  • dolphinhuffer [comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Von Braun and most of the others were indeed quite opportunistic, but anyone who was SS was by definition a committed Nazi.

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      We'll never know the actual circumstances, but Von Braun's account was basically they came round with a signed request from Himmler and said "You can join the SS or we kick you off the rocket program and put you under surveillance as a potential dissident"

      On the other hand we know he lied about wearing the uniform only once, and he was a member of the SS riding club for a short time some 7 years before which is not a good look.

      • dolphinhuffer [comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        He was also given a multitude of platforms with which to talk completely out of his ass about colonizing space and never be fact-checked. The 1950s were wild.