A good starting point is here.
http://www.feldgrau.com/ss.html Quote:
| To this day the actions of the Waffen-SS and its former members are vilified for ultimately being a part of the larger structure of the political Allgemeine-SS, regardless of the fact that the Waffen-SS was a front line combat organization |
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They weren't "Angels" but have been tarred with the same brush as some other nasty SS units who were a bunch of murdering b******s.
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