Audio recording of Wernher von Braun

Linda Hunt papers

Document

Compilation of documents about Operation Paperclip, and articles written by Linda Hunt on this subject.

Oral history interview with Herbert Axster

Oral History

Herbert Axster, Chief of Staff to Gen. Dornberger at Peenemünde V-2 rocket base, discusses forced laborers who worked on his estate; allegations that he and his wife physically abused prisoners; and his views of Peenemünde during the war.

Oral history interview with Konrad Dannenberg

Oral History

Konrad Dannenberg, a scientist at Peenemünde, Germany, discusses working with Wernher von Braun for the US Army at Fort Bliss, Huntsville, and NASA; his views about the Arthur Rudolph case; and his views on OSI, the Justice Department’s Nazi-hunting unit that investigated Arthur Rudolph.

Oral history interview with Stone Christopher

Oral History

Stone Christopher, Lt. Col. Air Force Intelligence, Director of Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA), which ran Operation Paperclip in the 1950s and 1960s, discusses security checks of Germans; the espionage trial of Col. William H. Whalen who ran Operation Paperclip as JIOA Director from 1959-1062; and meeting with historian Clarence Lasby who attempted to obtain Paperclip documents in the 1960s.

Oral history interview with Yves Beon

Oral History

Yves Beon, French survivor of Dora and author of the book "Planet Dora," discusses slave labor on V-2 rockets.

Oral history interview with Jean Michel

Oral History

Jean Michel, author of the book "Dora," discusses his experience as a survivor of Dora.

Oral history interview with James Stanley

Oral History

James Stanley, former US Army soldier at Edgewood Arsenal, discusses the time period in the 1950s when former members of the Nazi Party were working at the arsenal.

Oral history interview with Seymour Silver

Oral History

Seymour Silver, scientist at Edgewood Arsenal, discusses the work of several Paperclip scientists whom he supervised; his opinion in regard to their Nazi tendencies; and how the CIA covertly used his lab for experiments.

Oral history interview with Jane Mabry

Oral History

Jane Mabry of the Huntsville, Alabama City Council discusses a resolution passed by the Council in defense of Arthur Rudolph after he left the United States rather than face war crimes charges.

Oral history interview with James Wall

Oral History

James Wall of the Huntsville, Alabama City Council discusses the Arthur Rudolph case.

Audio recording of Telford Taylor

Oral History

An audio recording of Telford Taylor from a film of his opening address at the “Doctors Trial” at Nuremberg.

Oral history interview with Tom Lantos

Oral History

Congressman Tom Lantos discusses Nazi war criminals in the United States and convicted war criminal Otto Ambros’ visits to the U.S. in the 1960s.

Oral history interview with Ernst Eckert

Oral History

Ernst Eckert discusses his work as the head of an aerodynamics lab in Prague; his SS membership and activities; and his work for the U.S. Air Force.

Oral history interview with Elizabeth Holtzman

Oral History

Former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, author of the “Holtzman Amendment” to expel Nazis war criminals from the United States, discusses Nazi war criminals in the U.S. and her battles with the CIA and DOD to obtain information on former Nazis working for U.S. agencies.

Oral history interview with Neal Sher

Oral History

Neal Sher, Director of OSI, discusses the history of OSI; its role and work on current cases; and the Arthur Rudolph case.

Oral history interview with James L. Collins

Oral History

General James L. Collins, liberator of Nordhausen when a colonel in 1945, discusses conditions he and his unit found when liberating the camp where prisoners were slave laborers in a V-2 rocket factory.

Oral history interview with Erich Taub

Oral History

Erich Taub discusses how his family died in Auschwitz and his work as a slave laborer at Dora.

Oral history interview with Herschal Auerbach

Oral History

Herschal Auerbach, US Army war crimes investigator, discusses crimes against Dora prisoners.

Oral history interview with Arthur Rudolph

Oral History

Audio recording of Arthur Rudolph from unnamed film interview where he discusses his experiences at Peenemünde and in the U.S.

Oral history interview with Eli Pollach

Oral History

Eli Pollach discusses how his family died in Auschwitz and his work as a slave laborer at Dora.

Audio recording of Simon Wiesenthal from a press conference

Oral History

Simon Wiesenthal discusses his work tracking down Nazi war criminals in the United States.

Oral history interview with Georg von Tiesenhausen

Oral History

Georg von Tiesenhausen, rocket scientist in Wernher von Braun’s group at Peenemünde, Huntsville, and NASA, discusses his work with von Braun at Peenemünde, including his work on a rocket that would have been aimed at New York.

Oral history interview with Walter Häussermann

Oral History

Walter Häussermann rocket scientist in Wernher von Braun’s group at Peenemünde, Huntsville, and NASA, discusses his work with von Braun at Peenemünde and NASA and his views on the Arthur Rudolph case.

Oral history interview with Hugh Carey

Oral History

Former New York Governor Hugh Carey discusses his experience as an Army soldier during the liberation of Dora, with details about the V-2 rocket factory.

Oral history interview with Martin Mendelson

Oral History

Martin Mendelson, former U.S. Justice Department prosecutor in an early Nazi-hunting unit in the mid-1970s, discusses difficulties with obtaining information from government agencies and the overall issue of Nazi war criminals in the United States.

Oral history interview with Vince Sciano

Oral History

Vince Sciano, former investigator for INS, discusses his investigations of Nazi war criminals in the United States in the 1960s and his difficulty in obtaining information from government agencies.

Oral history interview with Dean Milhovan

Oral History

Dean Milhovan discusses Romanians in New York in the 1980s who were former members of the Iron Guard.

Oral history interviews with Konrad Dannenburg, Georg von Tiesenhausen, and Walter Häussermann

Oral History

Oral history interview with Montee Cone

Oral History

Oral history interview with David Malachowsky

Oral History

David Malachowsky discusses his participation in the liberation of Nordhausen.