Wernher von Braun — "The working conditions there were absolutely horrible. I saw the Mittelwerk seve…"

The working conditions there were absolutely horrible. I saw the Mittelwerk several times, once while these prisoners were blasting new tunnels in there and it was a pretty hellish environment. I'd never been in a mine before, but it was clearly worse than a mine.
Wernher von Braun — Wernher von Braun Modern · Rocket engineer, space program

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His admission regarding the conditions at the Mittelwerk factory where V-2 rockets were produced using slave labor, though he denied seeing direct abuse.

Date: Post-WWII, recounted in later interviews/statements (circa 1969 for court testimony).

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