Operation Paperclip
secret program of the US to bring German scientists, including former Nazis, into the US to work for the US government
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Summary
Operation Paperclip is a covert operation[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of covert operation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,527 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Operator: Counterintelligence Corps[3]
- Part of: aftermath of World War II[4]
- Commons category: Operation Paperclip[5]
- Start time: July 20, 1945[6], 1945[7]
- End time: 1959[8]
- Organizer: Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency[9], Counterintelligence Corps[10]
- Participant: scientist[11], Otto Ambros[12], Kurt Blome[13], Walter Dornberger[14], Siegfried Knemeyer[15], Walter Schreiber[16], Wernher von Braun[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Operation Paperclip[18]
- Depicted by: Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program to Bring Nazi Scientists to America[19], ‘The Nazis Next Door,’ by Eric Lichtblau[20]
- Has characteristic: controversy[21]
- Has goal: capture[22], recruitment[23], relocation[24]
Why It Matters
Operation Paperclip has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]