On 5 May 1945, a few days after Hitler’s suicide, American soldiers under command of US Army Captain John C. "Jack" Lee, Jr.

The Waffen-SS was the military arm of the Nazi’s paramilitary ... Nazi period as a “bird s---” in an otherwise “proud” German ...

During the hearings, Schütz, a non-commissioned officer of the Waffen-SS, repeatedly denied the charges against him, but prosecutors presented evidence placing him at the camp and showing that he ...

to fight arm in arm with the heroic German soldiers of the army and the Waffen-SS against Bolshevism, your and our deadly enemy. We thank you from our heart. Of course we ought to thank the Great ...

During 30 hearings, Schütz — who had been a non-commissioned officer of the Waffen-SS — continually denied ... of survivors — recently told German media that it was important to put ...