There are probably a lot of Russians who fled to Germany after WWII only to end up in Huntsville, Al with a 9 year gap in their resume starting in 1941..., right?
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If he contributed to project 2025, this is exactly nazi shit.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/9/18/fascism_expert_jason_stanely_on_project
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If he contributed to project 2025, this is exactly nazi shit.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/9/18/fascism_expert_jason_stanely_on_project
wrote last edited by [email protected]The guy in question is his dad, not him. Anatol von Shpakovsky died in the 80s
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Ok, raising a nazi shit is doing nazi shit too. So we'll speculate.
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Ok, raising a nazi shit is doing nazi shit too. So we'll speculate.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Oh right, so Hitler's dad Alois was a Nazi since he raised Hitler even though he died before WWI and doesn't seem to have had any unusual views. And then since Alois was a Nazi, I suppose his dad must have been a Nazi too, and then it's just a solid unbroken string of Nazis all the way back to the dawn of humanity
If Anatol was involved with Hans' career at all, sure, I could see why it'd be relevant. As it is, he died only a few years after Hans graduated and long before his involvement with government or the Heritage Foundation.
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This is protest too much territory
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https://time.com/archive/6935350/the-rocket-mans-dark-side/
For reasons best known to von Braun, who held the rank of colonel in the dreaded Nazi SS, the prisoners were ordered to turn their backs whenever he came into view. Those caught stealing glances at him were hung. One survivor recalled that von Braun, after inspecting a rocket component, charged, “That is clear sabotage.” His unquestioned judgment resulted in eleven men being hanged on the spot. Says Gehrels, “von Braun was directly involved in hangings.”
It seems kinda difficult to easily buy the rosy narrative of von Braun, but also be so skeptical that something seems off about Spakovsky's missing 9 years. The footnote cites his report as a similar case, not the case cited in the text. So does that make him similar to the accused woman? Possibly similar to the woman's grandson who had been a collaborator and the reason she was accused? If Ia A Shpakovskii in the case is actually Anatolli Ignatevich Shpakovskii, it would be interesting to know what he was accused of.
Your citation there shows von Braun being a total shitstain, but not necessarily a racist shitstain. He lacked morals and principles, and used slave labour; but it doesn't seem like he cared much about who the slaves were. So he doesn't seem to have ended up having any qualms about hiring black people. I suppose it makes him slightly more progressive, but not necessarily any less of a bad person.
Regarding Shpakovskii, it's unclear what he was accused or convicted of, and it's unclear if whatever the allegations were were also true. But given the example provided, it seems the worst thing he could be getting accused of there is stealing from partisans/Jewish people, which is bad but not a war crime (assuming his case is indeed 'similar' to the example provided in that text).
I'm not sure we can figure out what this guy did exactly with just online sources, I can't exactly find much more on the man. Given the evidence, he could in theory have been a Chetnik, which would fit his motivations and background. Being a full-blown Nazi seems less likely. That doesn't mean he wasn't involved in any war crimes, but there's currently nothing that suggests that he was.
