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> Ph.D. but somehow had one bestowed as a gift by Hitler seems to be without basis. Alright, thanks for researching this. The actual title that I was thinking

> Ph.D. but somehow had one bestowed as a gift by Hitler seems to be without basis. Alright, thanks for researching this. The actual title that I was thinking of is "Professor". Hitler always called him "Prof Von Braun" even though he was never a tenured professor.

throwanem 10y ago
Hitler called a lot of people a lot of things. Hitler is also dead, as is everyone else named in this branch of the conversation. I'm having a hard time figuring out where you want to take this; perhaps you'd like to cut to the chase.
- stuxnet79 10y ago
  - Hitler bestowed a honorific on Von Braun (Professor) - Everyone in his team started calling him 'Professor' as a term of respect - The war ended, Hitler died, Americans got a hold of Von Braun and his team and literally transported them whole sale to Huntsville Alabama where they continued their rocket research - His team members still referred to him as 'Professor' - Americans working in team: "Why do they call you Professor?" - Everyone: awkward silence Von Braun was extremely embarrased of the honorific due to its origins. You must remember that just after the war, any association whatsoever to the Nazi party was a kiss of death and both Von Braun and the American government tried very hard to gloss over his involvement in Hitler's machinations. It wasn't until much, much later that people found what really went on - that to perform his research in Hitler's Reich, Von Braun was a party to some of the worst atrocities committed during the war.
  - throwanem 10y ago
    Gotcha. I'll keep this firmly in mind should I ever find myself inclined to refer to Dr. von Braun as 'Professor'.
dragonwriter 10y ago
> Hitler always called him "Prof Von Braun" even though he was never a tenured professor. Don't know about German practice, but in places I have been that honorific isn't restricted to those holding tenure. But, in any case, even if that is true that he got referred to as "Professor", basically, because Hitler, that's no longer germane to the upthread poster's reference to him as Dr. Von Braun.
- stuxnet79 10y ago
  > But, in any case, even if that is true that he got referred to as "Professor", basically, because Hitler, that's no longer germane to the upthread poster's reference to him as Dr. Von Braun. Well clearly it isn't. I made a post in this subtree that goes further into why I thought it a useful fact to point out. I'm getting my info from the Von Braun biography that Michael Neufeld wrote, which I read recently. If you don't want to push further into an irrelevant discussion we can stop here.

throwanem 10y ago

Hitler called a lot of people a lot of things. Hitler is also dead, as is everyone else named in this branch of the conversation. I'm having a hard time figuring out where you want to take this; perhaps you'd like to cut to the chase.

stuxnet79 10y ago
- Hitler bestowed a honorific on Von Braun (Professor) - Everyone in his team started calling him 'Professor' as a term of respect - The war ended, Hitler died, Americans got a hold of Von Braun and his team and literally transported them whole sale to Huntsville Alabama where they continued their rocket research - His team members still referred to him as 'Professor' - Americans working in team: "Why do they call you Professor?" - Everyone: awkward silence Von Braun was extremely embarrased of the honorific due to its origins. You must remember that just after the war, any association whatsoever to the Nazi party was a kiss of death and both Von Braun and the American government tried very hard to gloss over his involvement in Hitler's machinations. It wasn't until much, much later that people found what really went on - that to perform his research in Hitler's Reich, Von Braun was a party to some of the worst atrocities committed during the war.
- throwanem 10y ago
  Gotcha. I'll keep this firmly in mind should I ever find myself inclined to refer to Dr. von Braun as 'Professor'.

dragonwriter 10y ago

> Hitler always called him "Prof Von Braun" even though he was never a tenured professor. Don't know about German practice, but in places I have been that honorific isn't restricted to those holding tenure. But, in any case, even if that is true that he got referred to as "Professor", basically, because Hitler, that's no longer germane to the upthread poster's reference to him as Dr. Von Braun.

stuxnet79 10y ago
> But, in any case, even if that is true that he got referred to as "Professor", basically, because Hitler, that's no longer germane to the upthread poster's reference to him as Dr. Von Braun. Well clearly it isn't. I made a post in this subtree that goes further into why I thought it a useful fact to point out. I'm getting my info from the Von Braun biography that Michael Neufeld wrote, which I read recently. If you don't want to push further into an irrelevant discussion we can stop here.