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 Nazi members and some worked with the leaders of the Nazi Party.

Key recruits

Aeronautics and rocketry

Many 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.

Hans Amtmann

Herbert Axster

Erich Ball

Oscar Bauschinger

Hermann Beduerftig

Rudi Beichel

Anton Beier

Herbert Bergeler

Rudi Berndt, expert in parachute development

Magnus von Braun

Wernher von Braun

Ernst Czerlinsky

Theodor Buchhold [de]

Walter Burose

GN Constan

Gerd De Beek

Walter Dornberger – head of rocket programme

Gerhard Drawe

Friedrich Duerr

Ernst R. G. Eckert

Rudolph Edse [de]

Otto Eisenhardt

Krafft Arnold Ehricke

Alfred Finzel

Edward Fischel

Karl Fleischer

Herbert Fuhrmann

Werner Gengelbach

Hans Gruene

Herbert Guendel

Fritz Haber

Heinz Haber

Karl Hager

Guenther Haukohl

Walter Häussermann

Karl Heimburg

Emil Hellebrand

Gerhard B. Heller

Bruno Helm

Rudolf Hermann

Bruno Heusinger

Hans Hueter

Guenther Hintze

Hans Henning Hosenthien [de], Director of Flight Dynamics, Marshall Space Flight Center

Dieter Huzel

Walter Jacobi

Erich Kaschig

Ernst Klauss

Theodore Knacke

Siegfried Knemeyer

Heinz-Hermann Koelle

Gustav Kroll

Willi Kuberg

Werner Kuers

Hermann Kurzweg

Hermann Lange

Hans Lindenberg

Hans Lindenmayer

Alexander Martin Lippisch – aeronautical engineer

Robert Lusser

Hans Maus

Helmut Merk

Joseph Michel

Hans Milde

Heinz Millinger

Rudolf Minning

William Mrazek

Erich W. Neubert

Hans von Ohain (designer of German jet engines)

Robert Paetz

Hans Palaoro

Kurt Patt

Hans Paul

Fritz Pauli

Arnold Peter

Helmuth Pfaff

Theodor Poppel

Werner Rosinski

Ludwig Roth

Heinrich Rothe

Friedrich von Saurma [de]

Martin Schilling

Helmut Schlitt

Albert Schuler

Walter Schwidetzky

Wolfgang Steurer

Georg von Tiesenhausen

Werner Tiller

JG Tschinkel

Arthur Urbanski

Fritz Vandersee

Richard Vogt

Woldemar Voigt, designer of Messerschmitt P.1101

Werner Voss

Theodor Vowe

Herbert A. Wagner

Hermann Rudolf Wagner

Hermann Weidner

Walter Fritz Wiesemann

Philipp Wolfgang Zettler-Seidel

Architecture: Heinz Hilten; Hannes Luehrsen

Electronics – including guidance systems, radar and satellites

Wilhelm Angele [de]

Ernst Baars [de]

Josef Boehm

Hans Fichtner

Hans Friedrich

Eduard Gerber

Georg Goubau [de]

Walter Haeussermann

Otto Heinrich Hirschler [de]

Otto Hoberg

Rudolf Hoelker

Hans Hollmann

Helmut Hölzer

Helmut Horn

Wilhelm Jungert

Horst Kedesdy

Georg ("George") Emil Knausenberger

Heinz-Hermann Koelle

Max Kramer

Hubert E. Kroh

Hermann H. Kurzweg

Kurt Lehovec

Kurt Lindner

Alexander Martin Lippisch

JW Muehlner

Fritz Mueller

William Mrazek

Hans R. Palaoro

Johannes Plendl

Fritz Karl Preikschat

Werner Rosinski

Walter Schwidetzky

Harry Ruppe

Friedrich von Saurma

William August Schulze

Heinz Schlicke

Werner Sieber

Othmar Stuetzer

Albin Wittmann

Hugo Woerdemann

Albert Zeiler

Hans K. Ziegler

Helmut Zoike

Material Science (high temperature): Klaus Scheufelen; Rudolf Schlidt

Medicine – including biological weapons, chemical weapons, and space medicine

Theodor Benzinger [de]

Kurt Blome

Rudolf Brill

Konrad Johannes Karl Büttner

Paul Anton Cibis

Fritz Laves

Richard Lindenberg

Ulrich Cameron Luft [de]

Physics

Gunter Guttein

Willibald Jentschke

Gerhard Schwesinger

Gottfried Wehner

Helmut Weickmann

Friedwardt Winterberg

Chemistry and Chemical engineering

Helmut Pichler

Leonard Alberts

Ernst Donath

Josef Guymer

Hans Schappert

Max Josenhaus

Kurt Bretschneider

Erich Frese

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