Where Did the Waffen SS Go After 1945?

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  @HistoryInsideWW2 · 10 months ago · pinned

  What part of the post-war story surprised you the most? Tell me in the comments. I’m reading everything 👇

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• PT

  @ptatpc7925 · 10 months ago (edited)

  Was in a bar in Munich in about 1992, went downstairs looking for the loo and inadvertently walked into what I guessed was an SS reunion.  About 30 old men eating a meal and drinking beers with insignia and flags on display. Youd have thought it was a school reunion.  Utterly bewildering.

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  @valkry007 · 10 months ago

  Many former Waffen SS went to the French Foreign Legion and ended up fighting in Indochina\Vietnam and in Algeria.

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• MG

  @mgm48345 · 8 months ago (edited)

  Two of my uncles were forcibly drafted from a small Austrian town.  They were lined up, one was sent to the SS the other to the Wermacht. After a short basic training period they were sent to battle.  The one sent to the SS died inside the first week and the other within three weeks,  They were 16 & 17.  My father was 13 and given a rifle, little training and sent to the front.  He and his best friend saw American tanks rolling towards them, dropped their rifles and ran.  Like all wars, it’s the young who are the victims of politicians whims. My father ended up in Australia and I’ve had a great life.

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• CH

  @ChrisHodges87 · 6 months ago

  And Don’t forget Werner Von Braun. He led NASA and Huntsville named a huge event center after him.

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  @oldtop4682 · 4 months ago

  In the late 80s I worked with a former SS officer. &nbsp;The only reason I knew this is that we talked about Bad Tolz and my planning to go visit a friend. &nbsp;He was an instructor at the Junkerschule (officer training) throughout the war. &nbsp;There were other former SS guys around as well, and some others that fought in the regular Army. &nbsp;Working for the US Army. The deal was where you were assigned and what rank you held - and, as the video states HOW you entered the SS. &nbsp;<br><br>A friend of mine were walking in the small town he lived in and headed into a pub. &nbsp;He warned me prior that if &quot;The Boys&quot; were in there we should just walk out and find another place. &nbsp;It was where some of the local SS guys would meet up every so often.

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• RB

  @rburrows7786 · 10 months ago

  Major Larry Thorne. He served as a lieutenant in the Waffen SS, moved to the US and became a Major in the Green Berets, fought three tours in Vietnam. He went through Green Beret training at 45 years old. He is the only SS soldier ever buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

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  @AndyFL64 · 8 months ago

  I have found reading the comments to be just as enlightening as watching the video. Thanks to those of you who shared your stories.

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• MI

  @mikegalvin9801 · 10 months ago (edited)

  My dad fought in the US Army on the Italian front. He didn&apos;t talk about it but once he said &quot;The Wehrmacht were soldiers like us; SS were something else.&quot;

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  @joal3575 · 8 months ago

  2 of my family members were in the SS. Brothers. The older was taken as a POW to Britain and worked there. He stayed upon his release. The younger was released by officers shortly after his capture since he was 16 years old.

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  @MargaretCole-k6m · 2 months ago

  I was in Vienna in 1988 when a larger group of men dressed in their WWII uniforms marched to a cemetery singing military tunes they marched to stop right in front of a German helmet from WWII and stayed there saluting and singing. We got very uncomfortable and walked away. I have neverforgot

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  @tomfuller4205 · 10 months ago

  I was stationed in Stuttgart in the 1980’s and our Security Guards were “retired” German military personnel. There were a few the rest would not have anything to do with and when I asked once I was told they were former SS. These men carried themselves different than the others, quieter, more businesslike. Very, very polite.

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