Created under Heinrich Himmler, the Waffen-SS was built not as a normal military force but as an ideologically driven ...

The Waffen-SS entered World War II during the invasion of Poland as an inexperienced and politically driven force struggling with poor coordination, heavy losses, and chaotic battlefield conditions.

Berlin, Germany — Bruno Dey, who became a guard at one of Adolf Hitler's Nazi death camps when he was just 17, has been convicted of being an accessory to more than 5,000 murders and given a suspended ...