The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/waffen-ss/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:39:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Waffen SS | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/waffen-ss/ 32 32 Putin calls Canada’s former house speaker ‘an idiot’ for applauding Nazi war veteran https://www.timesofisrael.com/putin-calls-canadas-former-house-speaker-an-idiot-for-applauding-nazi-war-veteran/ Fri, 06 Oct 2023 07:58:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3113406 Russian leader says 'absolutely disgusting' that Canadian parliament inadvertently honored ex-Waffen SS volunteer

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]]> Canada’s House Speaker resigns after organizing ovation for ‘hero’ Nazi war veteran https://www.timesofisrael.com/canada-house-speaker-resigns-after-invite-for-man-who-fought-with-nazis-to-parliament/ Tue, 26 Sep 2023 18:36:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3105853 Anthony Rota steps down after meeting party leaders amid fury over his invite to veteran of Waffen-SS unit; Polish minister says he will seek 98-year-old's extradition

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]]> Israel declassifies file on Nazi who enlisted in the IDF and spied for Egypt https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-declassifies-file-on-nazi-who-enlisted-in-the-idf-and-spied-for-egypt/ Sun, 04 Jun 2023 20:11:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3027441 Ulrich Schnaft's capture underscores the challenges and vigilance of a counterintelligence body vetting countless undocumented immigrants while fighting a 4-front war

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]]> New Zealand still not opening files on ‘resettled’ alleged former Nazi emigres https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-zealand-still-not-opening-files-on-resettled-alleged-former-nazi-emigres/ Sat, 05 Jun 2021 08:26:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2539920 Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff supplied a list of 50 suspected war criminals decades ago, but successive governments keep classified the immigration documents that could implicate them

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]]> Hundreds in Ukraine attend marches celebrating Nazi SS soldiers https://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-in-ukraine-attend-marches-celebrating-nazi-ss-soldiers/ Tue, 04 May 2021 01:20:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2536051 For first time ever, parade celebrating 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of SS, made up of ethnic Ukrainians, takes place in capital Kyiv

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]]> Germany names Dutch SS veterans still receiving pensions for serving Hitler https://www.timesofisrael.com/germany-names-dutch-ss-veterans-who-receive-pensions-for-serving-hitler/ Thu, 04 Feb 2021 07:42:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2481872 Reports in 2014 revealed hundreds of thousands of former Nazi soldiers or widows across Europe continue to get monthly war stipends

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]]> Latvians march to honor troops who fought alongside Nazis https://www.timesofisrael.com/latvians-march-to-honor-troops-who-fought-alongside-nazis/ Sun, 17 Mar 2019 01:23:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2038031 About 1,000 gather in Riga for annual march of veterans of local Waffen SS units, with some 50 counter-demonstrators separated by police

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]]> Estonia’s liberal opposition wins election as far-right surges https://www.timesofisrael.com/estonias-liberal-opposition-wins-election-as-far-right-surges/ Mon, 04 Mar 2019 00:36:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2029660 Reform party leader Kaja Kallas rules out coalition with anti-immigration EKRE, which is led by son of man who served in Estonian Legion, part of Nazi German SS forces in WWII

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]]> Germany insists no former Nazi SS getting war pensions in Belgium https://www.timesofisrael.com/germany-insists-no-former-nazi-ss-getting-war-pensions-in-belgium/ Wed, 20 Feb 2019 19:25:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2022636 Berlin issues clarification after Belgian lawmakers demand end to war-victims' pensions 'for Belgian Nazi collaborators'

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]]> Finnish volunteers in SS units took part in WWII Nazi atrocities, Finland says https://www.timesofisrael.com/finnish-volunteers-in-ss-units-took-part-in-wwii-nazi-atrocities-finland-says/ Sun, 10 Feb 2019 10:38:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2015430 After an Israeli historian's appeal to Finland's president to examine murder of Jews, country's state archives look into the role of Finns in the Waffen-SS drive eastward in 1941-3

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]]> 95-year-old alleged SS camp guard charged in Germany https://www.timesofisrael.com/95-year-old-alleged-ss-camp-guard-charged-in-germany/ Fri, 23 Nov 2018 21:19:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1967486 Hans Werner H. faces 36,000 counts of accessory to murder for his time as a guard at the Nazis' Mauthausen concentration camp

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]]> The SS officer was a doctor first https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/born-into-the-arms-of-an-ss-officer/ Thu, 12 Jul 2018 12:41:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1888177 Small wonder the baby he delivered grew up to be a birth coach and labor companion

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]]> Jewish community protests after plaque honoring SS officer unveiled in Estonia https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-community-protests-after-plaque-honoring-ss-officer-unveiled-in-estonia/ Fri, 29 Jun 2018 23:40:12 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1880405 Across Eastern Europe, collaborators with the Nazis, including perpetrators of the Holocaust, are celebrated as heroes, often for their fight against the Soviets

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]]> Finland to probe role of SS volunteers in WWII atrocities https://www.timesofisrael.com/finland-to-probe-role-of-ss-volunteers-in-wwii-atrocities/ Thu, 31 May 2018 14:51:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1862017 Jerusalem's Simon Wiesenthal Center requested investigation into actions of Finnish battalion serving within Nazi Germany's Waffen SS

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]]> After Nazi SS veterans hold annual march in Latvia square, one woman fights back https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-nazi-ss-veterans-hold-annual-march-in-latvia-square-one-woman-fights-back/ Wed, 18 Apr 2018 22:27:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1832454 Some of them skinheads wearing fascist symbols, the marchers spark bitter debate among Latvians. Until recently, though, nobody sought to speak out for the victims

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