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Operation Paperclip Or Russia For Operation Osoaviakhim

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After World War II, German scientists were forced to leave Germany and either go to the U.S for Operation Paperclip or Russia for Operation Osoaviakhim. If they chose the U.S to be a part of Operation Paperclip, later known as the Paperclip Project, and they had to work on scientific advancements like assisting the U.S Army with rocket experimentation. The Paperclip Project started in 1945 and ended in 1950. This impacted their families because they wanted to stick together. They had many obstacles to overcome, such as being in a recovering society after a war before they moved, having to leave their home, and having to live in a new place and country. The change in environment was the biggest impact for German scientists and their families during the late 1940s. One of the biggest impacts …show more content…

You can’t survive without food and this causes starvation and death. While this was very difficult, I don’t think it was the hardest because German scientists were not in a war zone for a very long time. While this might have the greatest impact for citizens in Germany because of a long war zone, starvation, and destruction, it was not the greatest for German scientists and their families because they left Germany shortly after the war for the Paperclip Project. There were a lot of deaths with their families but I think having to leave and also be in a new place was harder because they had to be without all of their family and friends, even their family that was still alive. Another big impact for German scientists and their families was having to leave their homes. One big part of this was not getting a choice to leave or not. As described in the U.S. Air Force Oral Interview with Mr. Helmut A. Kuerschner, German scientists had a choice to go to Russia or the U.S. to work on the Paperclip project. This was difficult because it was not a choice for German scientists and their families to leave, they had

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