The Dark Side of the Moon LandingThe rocket that put Americans in space had Nazi origins.
From the show
Hidden Sides of HistoryThe Apollo program is remembered as a crowning American achievement. But the race to the moon was powered by more than just patriotism. It was engineered by German scientists, many of whom were former members of the Nazi party. The lead architect of the Saturn V rocket, Wernher von Braun, was an SS officer who used slave labor to build V-2 rockets for Germany. This hidden history reveals a complex and uncomfortable truth behind one of humanity's greatest triumphs.
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