The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/ss/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:53:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png SS | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/ss/ 32 32 Israeli film on SS officer’s romance with Jewish prisoner heads to Apple, Amazon https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-film-on-ss-officers-romance-with-jewish-prisoner-heads-to-apple-amazon/ Tue, 16 Nov 2021 02:17:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2647160 'Love It Was Not' utilizes creative photomontage, interviews and archival testimony to describe a wildly improbable Auschwitz love affair

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]]> Owners of Ukraine cafe in former synagogue say Nazi SS logo a ‘font’ mistake https://www.timesofisrael.com/owners-of-ukraine-cafe-in-ex-synagogue-say-nazi-ss-logo-a-font-mistake/ Thu, 26 Aug 2021 00:45:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2606247 Coffee shop apologizes after new logo appears to resemble twin lightning symbol of German elite squads, says it was just advertising reenergizing qualities of the coffee

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]]> Authorities in Austrian town plan to remove SS memorial https://www.timesofisrael.com/authorities-in-austrian-town-plan-to-remove-ss-memorial/ Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:16:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2599123 Imst officials plan further research into history of Nazi activity and victims in the region

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]]> Belgian town square to remove references to Nazi collaborators after uproar https://www.timesofisrael.com/belgian-town-square-to-remove-references-to-nazi-collaborators-after-uproar/ Thu, 12 Aug 2021 03:09:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2598314 Following allegations that Briviba Square honored Latvian soldiers part of Nazi SS forces, site will get new name; plaque about 'Latvian Beehive' will be taken down

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]]> To highlight banality of evil, group seeks to restore SS canteen at Auschwitz https://www.timesofisrael.com/to-highlight-banality-of-evil-group-seeks-to-restore-ss-canteen-at-auschwitz/ Sat, 10 Apr 2021 13:55:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2522003 After long days of killing, Nazi officers would head to the dining room near the camp to grab a bite or have a drink

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]]> New records reveal Hitler’s Austrian SS chief escaped punishment with US backing https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/world/europe/franz-josef-huber-gestapo-nazi.html?%5B%5DIwAR1giTq3LZZxXq7CVEvOwQKQglysqv7_o5l9mN4kfsOB6-iHKkpwEuGhHk0 Tue, 06 Apr 2021 18:33:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2519930 New York Times reports on how Franz Josef Huber, responsible for deporting tens of thousands of Jews, went on to work for West German intelligence, drew a pension until his death

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]]> Sweden grapples with ‘guilty conscience’ over ignored Holocaust tip-off https://www.timesofisrael.com/sweden-grapples-with-guilty-conscience-over-ignored-holocaust-tip-off/ Mon, 09 Nov 2020 09:33:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2426081 On a train in 1942, an SS officer told a Swedish diplomat of the industrialized murder of Jews at the Belzec extermination camp. But the horrifying revelation was kept under wraps

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]]> Nazi’s son plays devil’s advocate to defend murderer father to Jewish lawyer https://www.timesofisrael.com/nazis-son-plays-devils-advocate-to-defend-murderer-father-to-jewish-lawyer/ Tue, 25 Aug 2020 01:11:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2310413 In 'The Ratline,' Philippe Sands befriends son of Otto von Wachter, SS officer involved in killing his ancestors. Despite wealth of evidence, son says father was 'a great man'

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]]> Nazi documents stashed in armchair take author on trail of ‘ordinary’ SS officer https://www.timesofisrael.com/nazi-documents-stashed-in-armchair-take-author-on-trail-of-ordinary-ss-officer/ Fri, 26 Jun 2020 13:44:23 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2331247 In 'The SS Officer's Armchair,' British-Jewish historian Daniel Lee retraces history of obscure lower-level Third Reich functionary, showing role he played in destroying lives

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]]> Synagogue slams Walla Walla police department for officer’s Nazi-style tattoo https://www.timesofisrael.com/synagogue-slams-walla-walla-police-department-for-officers-nazi-style-tattoo/ Thu, 11 Jun 2020 12:26:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2324976 Nathan Small's ink resembles the double lightning bolts of the SS, but he says it is a relic from the sniper scout unit with which he served in Afghanistan

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]]> German prosecutors charge ex-SS soldier over incitement and Holocaust denial https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-prosecutors-charge-ex-ss-soldier-over-incitement-and-holocaust-denial/ Wed, 24 Jul 2019 09:41:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2117587 Karl Muenter, who has a previous conviction in France for killing 86 during World War II, blames victims for their own death, denies 6 million Jews killed

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]]> German Jewish leader urges cancellation of pension payments to former SS members https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-jewish-leader-urges-cancellation-of-pension-payments-to-former-ss-members/ Wed, 27 Mar 2019 14:32:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2045448 Josef Schuster says funds to former Nazi employees wounded in service and living abroad are 'intolerable'

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]]> Ex-Nazi guard testifies he thought deaths were from disease, not gas chambers https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-nazi-guard-testifies-he-thought-deaths-were-from-disease-not-gas-chambers/ Thu, 15 Nov 2018 17:40:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1962883 At trial, Johann Rehbogen claims he believed 60,000 prisoners at Stutthof death camp were victims of 'diseases and epidemics,' says he was afraid to leave SS

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]]> Ex-SS guard, 94, to testify at trial in Germany in rare move https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-ss-guard-94-to-testify-at-trial-in-germany-in-rare-move/ Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:38:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1960778 Holocaust survivors to hear directly from Johann Rehbogen, charged with his role in mass killing of Jews at Stutthof concentration camp in the 1940s

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]]> Former SS guard, now 94, to go trial in Germany in November https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-ss-guard-now-94-faces-trial-in-germany/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 19:09:07 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1929180 Suspect charged with complicity in the mass murders of Pole and Jews at Stutthof concentration camp

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