The SS Viking Division was unlike any other formation in Nazi Germany’s army. Led by German officers but manned by volunteers ...

PRAGS, Italy — In a little-known chapter in the waning days of World War II, U.S. troops rescued more than 130 political prisoners from an Alpine hotel that members of Hitler’s SS intended to barter ...

SS soldiers and war criminals managed to escape from a Dutch prison in Breda. They received help from the outside and managed ...

Latvia’s government warned people to avoid an annual march of World War Two Waffen SS veterans through its capital Riga on Sunday, citing tensions over Ukraine. Many of Latvia’s large Russian-speaking ...

RIGA (Reuters) - Latvians who fought in the local unit of Nazi Germany's Waffen SS held their annual parade on Sunday, an event which the government feared could raise tensions with Russia as former ...

Latvia’s prime minister said she would fire a cabinet minister planning to march with local SS veterans. Einars Cilinskis, Latvia’s minister for environment and regional development, said he would ...

Even avid observers of German affairs likely missed the first-ever celebration of its armed forces past and present on June 15, 2024. Last year’s preliminary event — falling during the month-long ...