OPERATION ‘PAPERCLIP’ SIGNATURES (10)
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A great group of 10 postal covers individually signed by German benefactors of Operation ‘Paperclip’ and other scientists. Includes: ERICH BALL, HANS FICHTNER, HERBERT FUHRMANN, WALTER HAESSERMANN, KARL HEIMBERG, GUSTAV KROLL, WERNER KUERS, ARTHUR RUDOLPH, KARL SENDLER, and WERNER SIEBER. Operation ‘Paperclip’ was the OSS program used to recruit the scientists of Nazi Germany for employment by the United States, and the program was conducted by the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA). It netted the Americans about one hundred scientists, including the builder of the American space program, Wernher von Braun. Very good condition.
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OPERATION ‘PAPERCLIP’ SIGNATURES (10)
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