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Orders for the transportation of seventeen German civilians to the United States.

This document identifies the first group of German engineers to be brought to the United States as part of Operation Paperclip. Seven of the men listed were eventually transported to the U. S. Army post at Fort Bliss, Texas: Wernher von Braun, Wilhelm Jungert, Erich Neubert, Theo Poppel, Eberhard Rees, August Schulze, and Walter Schwidetski. The men were transported from Germany by air and then by train once in the United States.

1945-09-15

William August Schulze Collection

Box 2, Folder 17

University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collection, Huntsville, Alabama

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