von 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 connectio

von 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..."