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To: GingisK

Von braun was an officer in the SS.


64 posted on 07/27/2023 8:46:50 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Jewbacca

I know. He wasn’t in the chain of command of the labor or factories. Himmler pressured him into the SS because Himmler wanted complete control over the R & D programs. That was part of a power struggle between Himmler and Speers. Von Braun did not care anything about politics or the war, really. It was a means to do rocketry development. The Gestapo arrested and detained Von Braun for about two weeks because Von Braun said their target should be the moon rather than England. Hitler intervened on his behalf.


68 posted on 07/28/2023 5:30:17 AM PDT by GingisK
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