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Waffen-SS veterans in post-war Germany played a large role, through publications and political pressure, in the efforts to rehabilitate the reputation of the Waffen-SS, which had committed numerous war crimes during World War II. High ranking German politicians courted former Waffen-SS members and their veteran organisation, HIAG.
Pages in category "German veterans' organisations" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... Waffen-SS veterans in post-war Germany
The author begins with the history of German settlement in Central and Eastern Europe since the 12th century, the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on German minorities in Poland and Czechoslovakia, the failure of the League of Nations system of minority protection, [clarification needed] the outbreak of World War II and selected crimes ...
This is a Bibliography of World War II memoirs and autobiographies. This list aims to include memoirs written by participants of World War II about their wartime experience, as well as larger autobiographies of participants of World War II that are at least partially concerned with the author's wartime experience.
The German Kriegswaffenkontrollgesetz (Weapons of War Control Act) controls the production, handover, sale, trade, acquisition and transport of goods, resources, and organisms that are meant for war. During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the law suddenly became very relevant, because the German policy on sending weapons is in part based ...
The German parliament voted Thursday to introduce an annual national “veterans' day” to honor people who have served in the military, which often has struggled to gain recognition in the country.
Prisoners of war during World War II faced vastly different fates due to the POW conventions adhered to or ignored, depending on the theater of conflict, and the behaviour of their captors. During the war approximately 35 million soldiers surrendered, with many held in the prisoner-of-war camps .
After 80 years, a World War II sergeant killed in Germany has returned home to California. Sgt. Donald V. Banta as he was brought from Ontario International Airport to a burial home in Riverside ...