A meeting of Germany's early rocket pioneers, including Rudolph
Nebel at left, Hermann Oberth, to the right of the rocket, Klaus
Riedel, holding the small rocket, and behind him the dapper young
Wernher von Braun.
After t h e rise of Hitler, von Braun found himself with a new circle of
acquaintances, as w e l l as a new research facility at Peenemunde.