When was operation paperclip declassified

It was also responsible for collecting, declassifying, and distributing Combined Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee CIOS and other technical intelligence reports on German science and industry. The JIOA was disbanded in This series consists of personnel dossiers on over 1, German and other foreign scientists, technicians, and engineers who were brought to the United States under Project Paperclip and similar programs.

Among the dossiers are those on Georg Rickhey, a former official at the Nordhausen underground V-2 rocket factory who arrived in but who left the United States in when he was tried and acquitted for war crimes by a U.

The U. Britain, France and especially the Soviet Union sought to enlist these German scientific experts, as well. By the fall of , German scientists starting arriving on U. Wernher von Braun, a rocket engineer, was instrumental in developing the first U.

As a Nazi ideologue and member of the SS, he traveled to the Buchenwald concentration camp, where he "handpicked slaves to work for him as laborers," said Jacobsen in a interview with NPR.

Hubertus Strughold, a physiologist and medical researcher, headed the German Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine, known for its torturous medical experiments on inmates from the Dachau concentration camp. Strughold claimed ignorance of any such activity until after the war, yet he appeared among a list of 95 doctors at an October conference discussing their findings.

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Post-war flight of Axis fugitives. Aleksander Laak Karl Linnas. But I do now. I would, but with a few caveats. The major reason to recommend this audiobook is that it details the involvement of major German corporations in human rights abuses prior to and throughout WW2.

This is important as far too few people are aware of this dark history. I particularly enjoyed learning more about the history of the drug Thalidomide. It also gives a biography of prominent Nazi scientists who were given clemency to accelerate technological progress in the USA. The caveats are that whilst the narrator has a very clear voice, it lacks emotion and comes across as rather robotic.

An excellent narrator can bring even turgid text to life, this narrator made listening more of a chore. My second caveat is that the evaluation of Operation Paperclip is rather facile as the author simply retreated to the moral high ground. What other book might you compare Operation Paperclip to, and why? Her book on Area Clear Robotic Unengaging.

Have to wonder how the writer was able to get her hands on all that embarrassing information on the world's prominent democracy's actions. One answer could be because the whole book is a justification for Operation Paperclip - "if we didn't do it, those menacing Soviets would have" - seems to be the conclusion to every chapter. Even if superficial evidence for this is presented in the book such as quoting an official report , it is never corroborated with facts.

Books like "Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler" give a better understanding of why the USA wanted all these specialists; because it had paid for them with investments in the Third Reich's businesses. Apart from this, the story is reasonably well written though is pretty unimaginative - the narration makes this worse.

Amateurish meanders into side stories are told in a different style, which becomes jarring to the overall story. In terms of the narration, the writer herself was unable to pronounce some of the German names. Which is poor for someone who was meant to be researching so much into this.

Apart from that, her voice is dull and monotone. A very well-researched book with fascinating insights that demolish the edifice of such Cold War heroes as Werner von Braun. My only criticism is that the narration has not been great - quite sopific at times and it spoiled what would otherwise have been a five-star review.

An incredibly interesting story. So well researched and presented by the author. It's a long narrative but I was glued to the story from start to finish. One of the best narratives I've heard in a long time. It's a long tough listen but it was excellently written and I can't imagine they left anything out with how much they covered. Excellent book. Great book, well written, though long-winded at times.

Biggest down side of book is the pronunciation of personal names - they are blatantly incorrect. Annie would probably be better to use another narrator suggestion. Detail is very much evident in this book, and exposes much of the "vile and evil activities" of many of the engineers and scientists committed prior to return to USA, and their crimes overlooked for the sake of technological gain.

It questions the morality of the leaders of the time, and what could have been gained by way of illegal blood letting". Annie; I admire your writing in this book, and the "no secret left untold" approach must be commended.

A highly recommended listen. A shocking yet interesting true story. A gripping read or listen, rather. To Annie! After listening to this well written, researched and narrated book, I was torn between feeling angry and disgusted in very equal measures. Even though all these events began some 82 years ago and most, if not all of the players the dead and gone. I feel incredibly angry that I share a world where such monsters can not only exist to perpetrate the most heinous of crimes against humanity, but through expediency and secrecy at the highest levels can thrive and rewrite their bloody and depraved history and actually for some to become heroes and also, I feel disgusted by the complicit nature of the government involved ignoring all decency in the name of their own self interests.

This is a great book. Not because of a graphic nature, but by the failure of human morality and the ruthless application of opportunism on both sides of the ideological spectrum. Loads of info in this book, paints a clear picture of how Americas 20th century success was litrualy built off the most prolific nazi's. Really liked the book, only real issue was the pronunciation of a few of the German names, placenames and words. Especially given the current world events.

Looks like we are doomed to repeat our not so distant history. Generally focuses on a handful of german scientist and doctors - explores what their atrocities committed in WW2 and after in project paperclip.