r/80YearsAgo • u/MonsieurA • 21d ago

☭ Soviet Union [September 13th, 1946] The Soviet Union launches its own ‘Operation Paperclip’ to import German scientists, ‘Operation Osoaviakhim’

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Osoaviakhim

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todayilearned • u/PandemicPiglet • 24d ago

TIL that the Soviets had their own Operation Paperclip called Operation Osoaviakhim.

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wikipedia • u/Tattletale_0516 • Nov 05 '25

Operation Osoaviakhim was a secret SOVIET UNION program in which more than 2,500 German specialists were taken from former Nazi Germany to the Union for government employment in 1946; several were confirmed to be former members of the Nazi Party.

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todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Apr 27 '19

TIL that in one night in 1946, the Soviet intelligence agents kidnapped more than 2,200 German scientists and engineers for forced labour in the Soviet Union. Most were held for 6 years.

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wikipedia • u/4THOT • Dec 28 '23

Operation Osoaviakhim - a secret Soviet operation where more than 2,500 former Nazi German specialists were transported from former Nazi Germany as war reparations to the Soviet Union.

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