Peenemünde
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Peenemünde is a municipality on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is part of the Amt of Usedom-Nord. The community is known for the Peenemünde Army Research Center, where the world's first functional large-scale liquid-propellant rocket, the V-2, was developed.
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Peenemünde railway station for service to Zinnowitz
V-2 rocket
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.
Heinrich Maier 1932, blessing hundreds of people standing outside of church
Heinrich Maier and his group helped the allies to fight the V-2, which was produced by concentration camp prisoners.