Heinrich Maier
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Heinrich Maier was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest, pedagogue, philosopher and a member of the Austrian resistance, who was executed as the last victim of Hitler's regime in Vienna.
Maier (in chasuble) in 1932, blessing parishioners
Heinrich Maier and his group helped the allies to fight the V-2, which was produced by concentration camp prisoners.
V-2 rocket
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The V-2 rocket, with the development name Aggregat-4, was the world's first practical, modern ballistic missile and suborbital launch vehicle. The missile, powered by a liquid-propellant rocket engine
Heinrich Maier
…eye." Via Walter Caldonazzi, the group had contacts with Italian resistance groups through Italian construction workers. The exact drawings of the V-2 rocket, the production of the Tiger tank and Messerschmitt Bf 109 and others could be passed on via Maier's relationship with the Commandant of Vienna, Heinrich…
Peenemünde Museum replica of V2
Wernher von Braun at Peenemünde Army Research Center
Wind tunnel model of an A4 in the German Museum of Technology in Berlin
Layout of a V2 rocket