Helmut Gröttrup
German engineer and rocket scientist
Helmut Gröttrup was a German engineer, rocket scientist and inventor of the smart card. During World War II, he worked in the German V-2 rocket program under Wernher von Braun. From 1946 to 1950 he headed a group of 170 German scientists who were... Wikipedia
Born: February 12, 1916, Cologne, Germany
Died: July 4, 1981 (age 65 years), Munich, Germany
Children: Peter Gröttrup; Ursula Gröttrup; Johannes Gröttrup; Bernhard Gröttrup; Elisabeth Gröttrup