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I think it's important to mention that the technology was not just pioneered in germany, but the actual pioneers moved to the US.

• jacquesm 17y ago
  You are absolutely right about that. I'm sorry, I can't mod you up or I would have. Werner von Braun is an interesting case all by himself because anybody else in Germany with as much standing in the Nazi party and use of concentration camp resources for their research would have surely been executed after a swift trial in Neuremberg. Instead von Braun was made a naturalized citizen of the US in '55. Lots of other info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun
  • jordanb 17y ago
    The Japanese Unit 731 "scientists" also got off lightly[1], in exchange for their data. If you want to commit atrocities and avoid the war crimes tribunal, do them within the context of science. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731 As an aside, it's also worth observing that many people fleeing Europe before the war -- such as Enrico Fermi and Albert Einstein -- made massive contributions to American science efforts both during and after the war.
    • jacquesm 17y ago
      "MacArthur secretly granted immunity to the physicians of Unit 731 in exchange for providing America with their research on biological warfare.[7]" Disgusting.