America's Dark Secret: How 1600 Nazi War Criminals Became US Heroes

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]Did you know that after World War II, America's secretly hired over 1,600 Nazi war criminals? It was called Operation Paperclip. Wernher von Braun built rockets using slave labor. Thousands died in his factories. The US made him NASA's top rocket scientist. Dr. Hubertus Strughold killed prisoners in high-altitude experiments. America put him in charge of space medicine. Kurt Blome injected concentration camp victims with plague. The US Army hired him anyway. The government didn't just ignore their crimes. They actively covered them up. They created fake backgrounds, destroyed evidence, gave these men new identities and prestigious jobs, while families of Holocaust victims searched for justice. Their killers were building America's space program.

[00:00:41]The same hands that tortured prisoners were now shaking hands with presidents.

[00:00:45]The rockets that put Americans on the moon designed by a man who worked thousands of people to death. Operation Paperclip wasn't just about science. It was about deciding that some knowledge was worth more than human lives.

[00:00:56]These war criminals never faced trial.

[00:00:58]Instead, they got American citizenship and hero status. The victims' families never [music] got answers.