From German rocket scientist to war criminal to NASA golden boy to Disney star! Let’s talk about Wernher von Braun, the Space Race, Operation Paperclip, WWI, WWII, the Treaty of Versailles, and so much more. Trigger warnings: antisemitism, holocaust, murder, incest Intro song: My daughterCover art: My sister Selected BibliographyBooksInto that Silent Sea, by Francis French and Colin BurgessSputnik and the Soviet Space Challenge, by Asif A. SiddiqiWernher von Braun, by Christopher LamptonThe Rocket and the Reich and Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War, Michael J. Neufeld FilmMan in Space, 1955 Disney Images: Getty
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