BrightLearn - Operation Paperclip by Annie Jacobsen

After World War II, the United States launched Operation Paperclip in May 1945, a covert program to recruit Nazi scientists to gain a technological edge during the Cold War. The initiative brought scientists like Wernher von Braun and Arthur Rudolph to America, offering them new identities, immunity, and lucrative careers despite their roles in Nazi atrocities, including developing weapons and overseeing forced labor camps. While these scientists contributed significantly to U.S. achievements, such as the Apollo missions, their pasts were deeply entangled with the Third Reich’s crimes.

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