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> After [von Braun's] death in 1977, greater detail of the German native’s service in the Nazi party and military would become more widely known. That may tech
by aebtebeten 3y ago
> After [von Braun's] death in 1977, greater detail of the German native’s service in the Nazi party and military would become more widely known.
That may technically be true, but it's not as if the broad outlines weren't already clear; consider the 1965 song "Wernher von Braun".
A man whose allegiance
Is ruled by expedience.
Call him a Nazi, he won't even frown,
(also: my take on the future as seen from the mid-70s: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39084117 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39084117 )
- MilnerRoute 3y agovon Braun's service to Germany was noted in the 1960s, but seven years after his death in 1977, records were released specifically showing von Braun's connection to one of Hitler's SS paramilitary camps. "Belatedly, many became aware of the deaths of thousands of prisoners in the V-2 program and the potential implication of von Braun, and a few key associates, in those crimes," according to the PBS article (linked to in the article). https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/chasing-moon-wernher-von-braun-and-nazis/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/chasing... "Von Braun's SS membership first became widely known then..."