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Helmut Gröttrup
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Helmut Gröttrup was a German engineer, rocket scientist and inventor of the smart card. During World War II, he worked in the German V-2 rocket program under Wernher von Braun. From 1946 to 1950 he he
Gröttrup, c. 1977
Gröttrup, c. 1977
Helmut Gröttrup explaining the basic principles of rockets (1958)
Helmut Gröttrup explaining the basic principles of rockets (1958)
Functional prototype of Giesecke & Devrient's first banknote processing system ISS 300 (1974)
Functional prototype of Giesecke & Devrient's first banknote processing system ISS 300 (1974)
Sensor section of ISS 300 prototype (1974)
Sensor section of ISS 300 prototype (1974)
German influence on Soviet rocketry
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During World War II, Nazi Germany developed rocket technology that was more advanced than that of the Allies and a race commenced between the Soviet Union and the United States to capture and exploit
V-2 rocket launching, Peenemünde, on the north-east Baltic German coast (1943)
V-2 rocket launching, Peenemünde, on the north-east Baltic German coast (1943)
Soviet R-1 on Vidal carrier (1948)
Soviet R-1 on Vidal carrier (1948)