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About the Waffen-SS

   The Waffen-SS is often portrayed incorrectly in the main stream media.  The SS organization started out as an elite bodyguard unit to Adolf Hitler. As the SS grew, it evolved into different organizations: The Allgemeine-SS (General SS) was the political branch. The SS-Totenkopfverbande (SS Deaths Head Organization) was in control of the prison system.  The Waffen-SS (Armed SS) was the front-line combat part of the SS and that is the impression our organization portrays.

   The Waffen-SS grew to well over a half million men. During WWII, the Waffen-SS recruited men from all over Europe (not just from Germany) for front-line combat duties. More than half of its 40 or so divisions were made up of non-German volunteers.  Some of the nationalities and ethnic groups which mad eup the foreign volunteers of the Waffen-SS were: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Flanders, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Wallony and even a few from Great Britain. Eventually, the Waffen-SS became an elite force to be reckoned with.

   It is a fact, that to this day, the Waffen-SS is represented, actually misrepresented, by the modern media and entertainment industry solely as an evil tool of the Nazi's. While there is no denying that atrocities were committed by the Waffen-SS (case in point the Malmedy massacre), atrocities occurred on both sides--that is why it's called WAR! For the record, the American Army, specifically the "Rainbow Division" on more than one occasion rounded up officers and men of the 17th SS and machine-gunned them without mercy. Of course, to the victor goes the spoils and there were never any follow-ups or investigations of these heinous acts and not one man of the aforementioned American unit was ever punished with so much as a day's imprisonment.

   Our organization portrays the front-line soldiers of Waffen-SS--we do not condone, support, try to justify or deny any of the CRIMINAL ACTS committed by the Third Reich. Our members and organization are not involved with any hate or supremacist organizations, nor do we wish any ties to such organizations.

Updated: Dienstag, 29. Januar 2002