List of Germans relocated to the US via the Operation Paperclip
Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from the former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945 and 1959. Conducted by the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA), it was largely carried out by special agents of the U.S. Army's Counterintelligence Corps (CIC). Many of these Germans were former members and some were former leaders of the Nazi Party.
Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from the former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945 and 1959. Conducted by the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA), it was largely carried out by special agents of the U.S. Army's Counterintelligence Corps (CIC). Many of these Germans were former members and some were former leaders of the Nazi Party.

Key recruits
Aeronautics and rocketryMany engineers had been involved with the V-2 in Peenemünde, and 127 of them eventually entered the U.S. through Operation Paperclip. They were also known as the Von Braun Group.

Architecture
Heinz Hilten
Hannes LuehrsenElectronics – including guidance systems, radar and satellites
Material Science (high temperature)
Klaus Scheufelen
Rudolf SchlidtMedicine – including biological weapons, chemical weapons, and space medicine
Physics
Chemistry and Chemical engineering

See also
Allied plans for German industry after World War II
German influence on the Soviet space program
Operation Osoaviakhim, USSR operation on German specialists
List of Germans transported to the USSR via the Operation Osoaviakhim

Further reading
Lundquist, Charles A. (March 2015). Transplanted Rocket Pioneers (PDF). University of Alabama - Huntsville. ISBN 978-0-9861343-0-2. Retrieved 22 December 2023.


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