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a post about how many nazis remained in positions of power is made, the op is called a tankie and people defend the decision to keep nazis around

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He was a Nazi party member, had an SS ranking, and saw the conditions of the slave labour used in the rocket program. But also it's questionable how much of that was because he wanted to keep doing rocket science, and how much was because he was a Nazi.

It sounds like he was a Nazi, you don't get to join the SS, oversee slave labour camps and executions, and not be a Nazi. I don't think his motives mattered if he was willing to kill 20,000 people in his slave rocket factory. He should have been hanged, his expertise be damned.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think the USSR would've hanged him if they got him first.

They'd probably treat him worse and not let him head any agency though. Which would be a better course of action.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh I agree, I doubt anyone who got their hands on Von Braun would have hanged him due to his expertise, that's mainly wishful thinking on my part

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

The Soviets did kill quite a few experts when they were too corrupted. It was of course a strategic decision how to act towards them, but it wasn't as easy as in the USA.