Stole is the wrong word here. Took as reparations for the technology, and invited for the human capital. Nobody gave Werner von Braun the choice of death or NASA
He seemed to have came pretty willingly. But there are still round about 1600 others.
That was the point… and exactly why we entered the war when and how we did… preventing Russia from getting all the spoils.
As I just started watching For All Mankind I was intrigued by the WW2 brain drain and stumbled upon this article. Really curios about the discussion.