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- proper noun the
combat arm of theSchutzstaffel
Etymologies
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Examples
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Anderson goes back in time, joins the Waffen-SS and thus becomes a traitor.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Opinio Juris Discussions of Targeting of US Citizen 2010
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Anderson goes back in time, joins the Waffen-SS and thus becomes a traitor.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Opinio Juris Discussions of Targeting of US Citizen 2010
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He called the ministry a "criminal organization," borrowing a term used to describe and condemn Hitler's elite guard, the Waffen-SS, during the Nuremberg trials.
A German Ministry's Nazi Past Vanessa Fuhrmans 2010
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Children are taught that on 10 June 1944 some 218 men, women and children were slaughtered by a Waffen-SS unit in reprisal for an ambush on German troops outside the village.
Athens backs villagers' fight for German compensation over 1944 SS massacre 2011
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The Indische Freiwilligen Legion der Waffen-SS was formed on August 8th, 1944 when the Legion Freies Indien/Infanterie-Regiment 950 (indische) was tranfered to the control of the Waffen-SS from the Heer.
Matthew Yglesias » Zionist Organization of America Slams Obama Muslims Mention 2009
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But if they dress in Waffen-SS uniforms or wax eloquent on how they enjoy seeing the little swastica-marked rail-head markers (denoting the extent of german-gauge rail) move further and further into the Soviet Union in Fire in the East, then I for one, become quite suspicious.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Could Students Be Suspended for “Beat the Jew” Game 2010
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Mr. Demjanjuk, who was born in Ukraine and moved to the U.S. in 1952, is on trial in Germany since late 2009, on charges that he was a member of the notorious Waffen-SS serving in the Sobibor death camp in occupied Poland.
Spain Seeks to Try Demjanjuk David Roman 2011
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However, Spanish dictator Francisco Franco let tens of thousands of Jewish refugees escape Nazi-occupied Europe across Spanish borders — even though Franco later allowed Waffen-SS members like Belgium's Leon Degrelle and Austria's Otto Skorzeny to live in Spain after the war.
Spain Seeks to Try Demjanjuk David Roman 2011
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In Soviet Belarus in 1942 and 1943, the Waffen-SS and other German forces murdered thousands of civilians by rounding them up in a barn, setting it alight and shooting those who tried to escape.
Death Along the Way Timothy Snyder 2011
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Long Jump was said to be under the direction of German Waffen-SS commander Otto Skorzeny, a notorious saboteur and spy who earlier in 1943 had helped Mussolini escape to Germany after Italy surrendered to the Allies.
Soviet Spy Stopped Attempt To Kill Allied Leaders in '43 Stephen Miller 2012
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