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5. Type and numln of personal identity corument: iiarann passport No.15389/52 issued by tolisaipraesident, kranicfurt, slain, on 1. July 1952

b. nelicion: Free thirrat

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B. Daze and place of marriage: 25 FeMruary 1950 in Sad 01desloe

ese,ir spouse: inn Schroeder (avid.% names '01•1141e. divorced &rind

10. Date and place of tarth of spouse: b august . 1904 in icenissbent, Newmark

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14. Mar aro address of 41w:weed noises hugenie Schroeder, 14 donokstrasse,Karlsruhe

15. Into: and place of divorce: 22 Saadi 1949 in Bad Oldaaloa

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Institute of Tecnolog ia% tioanschule tochnicalTecnnology kunich Arnica .

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inolnver s site hessionfOr imrs1Snt1011 1Smt1tst m sf &AV 1922-June• 19210 Scientific nosistnfenaor tsr.'Te chnology. Ifrowel for instructions op. thersodynesaics oorl asompiles,Stuttgart Sopervisuel !kirk ps studialts, repented lfroturts on n•chsnica

ror r•turned_lait,;estwraiis • 4±4 research work on vibrationsnt fast rotating in...chins shafts (Dr. thesis) •hieh pagea.significant in noineotion with two turbine exp losions in that

4100.-vo.pet. SCHivicigh. Oen" .

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Stuttgart

1134. .and studied ;pull e d mothnatties in .addition to hisepecial 'tad. annua l 'neap.... 14225 14riS is. r%dnallvincreasing to 4200 is. in 1424. he-480n fnr ca,npicatoon:better eeployment Offer ond soientific niff. r , ncas withsap for caused him to ay. do intended universit y career.

July 1924-1425: head nf test section. oarked on improvementor the windtunnel to increase measuring areurA cY Andempacity. Developed o new process to torosure th e distri-bution at forces wee/ the surface of an airernft. bveluetedtests to obtain ninstruction dates an two airships of 100ODO emu oraerea ay U.S.A. Developed a new process tocompensate tin' veignt loss doe to fuel consumption.Constructed devises to condense tne anal, vapor and to041.0 it into LEW pasty tanks. This equipment was built inthis U.S... Annual frames "4241 42001cm, 1925: 4900 M.henmon for termination: niffersoces Pith superior overpatent claims Pr above inventima.

! 1925-act to regular employernt. dove privateLeeson. On mechanics -ono thermodynamics to stulents.

: annum. "morn epprominatety 7200 kg. .

- .4em 1927-Sec 1924: ProJeet engineer; worked on constructionproject fnr 103 tan flying boat for Atlantic erossings.id atoaial Gat was to'colculate tbe- take-Off a...qui:44mM,and to translate the model tests into ttr Oill scele,

honstruction date. Chile potting on this project no.received Mt'emplomseit offer from a visiting asesi.n

commitusion at the &Ara Central Aerodynamics Institute.annua IMECIMPI 1427: %CO hg, gradually tureen:1m toMOO ha in 1929. husson for termination: annotationof project.

Hoseurginene getjaliast.Ing: Section chief for Mai news.Schiffbau Vivre . COONCt04 tests in most basin for construction of big •snehnanstell

flying boats (10-16 tons) from vnich he derived basic(hodel basin) constructions rites, Annoal "nooses 1929-1990s 10800 M.hetsburli heap* fbr.tarainetions Organisational differences vita

-technical director.

Sme ll& snit 100-1914: No reader employment. Studied mathematicsprimstellbenanse hp had found deficiencies in hydrodynmaictheories discovered significance of tensors in nydreasposiccalculations. Si:Mitten script on his ideas to be accepted •as university Lecturer but was.disepproved become be.deviated too MOSS from the conventionnl working methods ofhydrodsvaics. In order to escape the political pressure tojoin the Had tarty, he souot contact pith militarylesearchagencies. he worked cut a aresorandum as a ir defense.asserted thatmonmmi hi* flying and fast planes can nolongor be effocticaltattarmed by oanunticnal "At .suggestedlocket armament far fi4ntar planes. Sabaitted thts.reportto DU, to army Ordnanc e ; ana to the Transpoitation ginistry.No Macao. Lived from ravings until 1932. hecoived A loinOf 3000 1th pn rat *maw the period 1932-1936 from Dr,

• nambuechen. now in the U.S.A., midresi uticnown.

Daeresniffulant .ini v 1437-era 1941: Specialist for rocket ballistics in(army Ordnance. section Ai Prue/. 11. Worked intn. Peenemuende test atntion

-Dephrta ent) until 1942 by order ofUeneral Dornberger (now mith B ell .Aircraft in the USA), military chief of the rooket project.hvalunted tests of *arty rockata, found control system as -developed noiloff not satisfactory, teleulated dynamicalrewire:tents, ordered nen control 'M.'s developed hardon his outlines. In 1918-1919 Dr. Schroeder worked on theoverall plsoning for rocket with a oan ton warhead andrings of approximately 1004m. As responsible •ngin ftec of

Deutsche berm:ohsvuetalt fu-rLiftfahrt •Werman Aviationkenearen Institut^llerlin-Acilershnf

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the Orlynce Department be had semerol closehes with It. Icobruit. oil/111mo head of tne ri-vneamerne teat stntin gt o'erhis optimistic planning nausea he 'P laten to suhalt to the •Ordnance Deportment. Dr. Schroeder defined the propulsion .requirescental 2003 dos-• ousel, velocity. attar this h•flipoen „Ohiew.g, he caletas,ted sl iight distribution andninoneions of the rorket which berme the V2 t ype . In 1939a section for the doweloppent of electrical nutematticontrol crotnus vac set up. Dr. anuaseder refusen .lorttherg•rs offer to take over this section hecAuse he didnot want to lora under le. von brain. Ir. stainbirt, hisfuture superior at Hollastn is/b riot this .position• instead,

retained in Pennants to sopervihe the. frogman intofrarta. until! Ur, iveueP Of 300 kn cid b•-on, canned gat 'theegperimentea lt.unetang: • In -1940 he lad cant o t14 bogietalents:tams on.t.a. Affiairmay limits °runic •rooltets.He stressed that rorkets beyond /nada .dinensiOns 'Ceaseto be .-co 10Airg 1 own' from the stilitnry point • of win". • •Thi3 imeret retort has been. tranale.ted by 0S :kr Depertersat.in 194.5. • Since abeemoer 1942 he was Di UPI: Centrtl. TOO1p-tOf fir.; ..Oir Un, wi-r,-.11 F.Thritect on isprovesavits thaneactor:Icy tor spin printri Used powder rockets AO need by tap .army. In 1943fle. beeame • group leader end Judred ana advisedat inv.ntians coricernirm roctets. • Ainsfal.Intoster 193fioi)00 Is. 1.1938,19391 9/00.haii 190-1942: "mon kg. .1943- .bareir )4,4010 low Amapa for terminations Surrenerr of •

In dritish . sew 1945-14b 1951s .ssoved to Hamburg. h•Ported to drilla'Custody Intelligrece office there to offer- hie serld'eses: wIta taken •

to /IWO. • Imearand from there cent to•London on 5 June; •1945 -rot political-and technical interrogetion in learn- 'bnrough4 kalnly am Peenemuemie. Stayed in POlo Camp 1.8,Featterstone Park frogs Sootier 1945 to Janu•-xy 1946: •;larked for hinictry of SUPPLY, Fort liasteed. Until -St-stouter 1946 an st eollisation by spin for tleldroelceti:(without fins/ with a rfrige of 1 lat. ." !ad oast back to aF04. ciao no-cr /Matron due . to political classitlention andafter 'natter contact with kinistry of Supply he was.reclassined (gr oap A) in Gwo .estten, Sag/intl. and swat

• ..to. Loath Where a• itAs to be tried as. u - ler 'criminal for.hAti voim on vg;,: According- to sr. Schroder . this was all,dur.to a controversy between thc • army Antth.N .hisistry of&racily over, his emploYment in Angliad. Ihe letterIntorvereui win and initiated his releese to lArmany.'Sea in Bad Ulnesloe near Hasourg. tr U.S from nrwissisi-asst puyetried to imigrat e to overseas and work privatelyOn Ort.04PIS Le an golguat l949 he was centacted by -sigmas

• InOting for radio specialists for a US agency. he retorted •to &it, sit authorities .suspirien that there 're eau/airInfsiian egents trying to .1ddn4p hitt. After inveotinvtion he!MS transferred to *ni gh toustog•projtot dadHersmansrorn for . totwty reams.. Stayed th4e • frm aspri1990 natl./leant', 1951. lawn this Instillation ens cloned.

• .1.12, flamingly .nsployed WIC comp ultsmt. annual Incomes 1950-l951:2400.111.- .. . .

Yrsr dirt/LA k inn 1951-CebrIsr• 1953: 'Hosed to frankfort In order tomark et thg univoraitY. &Own to use bIi seriPt "cnorevisegnydradynesie research (hr habilitation did notmateri4iime. Had registered with 1110X Salentine hosearchDivision In 1950. klieg:dyed conteact offer through th.ls

agency Ins hepunlicen Aviation Corpor,tion in Karen 1952 but refused due to 'contractoffer from the (IS nil Agorae. Xis nsplore4 by ha. US Aft, ilinsbufin as Consultant.Watt mints co nanc elt stabilisation by spin, and on*Pmeymmincia. annual Incomes19514951s 7200 le.. lemson (Cr tenalaptions VS emploment contract afar.

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dinertattra. Publian by Springer llmr/an, Bnrlin, 1924..

"The model test no nolo to design a omonlailas . Published in left::. Itemisrei• Minh, 1931.

3. ma nom transposition Lap in brirodnedas ond its application an • SOns.' tieplans . Publishnd in adtscdtrift fun lelataeneilk sod seterl‘rtatiar:flirt, 11:40. oleo in a technical report of the liatihnitl advileorT

Cann tar aeronautics, attattattan, D.0.• 1930. .. •S. sheasuremmata on gliding hosts". Publind in n on, Itnerei, mean IS*

' • • ' ...-: -50 min sin Lie/ulna at the trice-oft of glide planes*. Published a. .

lestashrift fuer Irbectecanic end selorloftscrsiffaltrt, 1931. ... '

SSA/2 U.S. patents to caspensatinn Sir "eight lossa■ of airships, 1925.

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1. Iron auss, 2nd Class, 19182. dayeriscar Militaerverdienstorden (Bavarian Order fcr taelta).19183. Inegsverdienstkreas (Cross for WM merits), ad Class, 1940, IS •classr.,•1%5 •

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