C-3-5

Item — Box: 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This colleciton contains panels and framed photographs from a 2010 exhibit shown at the University of Alabama in Huntsville's M. Louis Salmon Library. Also included is the website designed to support the exhibit.

Dates

Creation: 2010

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.

Biographical / Historical

These photos were taken in hall 28 where the testing of the numerous and complex components of the rocket guidance system were done (gyroscopes, accelerometer, etc.). The prisoners, who were virtually all French, worked under the supervision of German engineers and technicians.