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>> An interesting note, Flettner was considered so valuable to the Germans in WW2 that Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Gestapo saw to it that Flettner's Jewis
by eanzenberg 8y ago
>> An interesting note, Flettner was considered so valuable to the Germans in WW2 that Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Gestapo saw to it that Flettner's Jewish wife was escorted to Sweden for her safety for the duration of the war.
That's nice and all but he still helped the nazis with military research while many of his colleagues fled, Einstein included.
- lostlogin 8y agoIt’s hard to understand, as that’s more or less moving her so he doesn’t kill her.
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- eanzenberg 8y agoGreat for his fam, bad for the other 8M jews (my grandparents’ families included)
- robbiep 8y ago... so Flettner’s a bad guy? (I’ve ancestors who perished there too, you can’t lump everyone, including those involuntarially held, as this situation seems, in the same bag)