German SS Reenactors SS01

More than 2,000 survivors and relatives gathered in Paris on a recent day, in front of the Shoah Memorial Monument, to commemorate the memory of the 76,000 members of the French Jewish community sent to concentration camps during World War II. The same weekend a group of Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht regulars were trying to take over Fort Washita, Oklahoma, from the GIs defending the place, another group of reenactors. Reenacting has always been popular in the United States, from groups recreating battles from antiquity, to the ones specializing in the War of Independence or the Civil War. But a growing segment of reenactors' organizations are the ones specializing in World War II, which include Allies and Axis troops. When asked about the motivation to recreate units belonging to a corps associated with atrocities and massacres, the participants all have a standard answer along these lines: "We maintain a strict non-political orientation, we are interested in History and preserving the history of World War II." So for the participants, it is a hobby, not a political statement.

German SS Reenactors SS02

More than 2,000 survivors and relatives gathered in Paris on a recent day, in front of the Shoah Memorial Monument, to commemorate the memory of the 76,000 members of the French Jewish community sent to concentration camps during World War II. The same weekend a group of Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht regulars were trying to take over Fort Washita, Oklahoma, from the GIs defending the place, another group of reenactors. Reenacting has always been popular in the United States, from groups recreating battles from antiquity, to the ones specializing in the War of Independence or the Civil War. But a growing segment of reenactors' organizations are the ones specializing in World War II, which include Allies and Axis troops. When asked about the motivation to recreate units belonging to a corps associated with atrocities and massacres, the participants all have a standard answer along these lines: "We maintain a strict non-political orientation, we are interested in History and preserving the history of World War II." So for the participants, it is a hobby, not a political statement.

German SS Reenactors SS03

More than 2,000 survivors and relatives gathered in Paris on a recent day, in front of the Shoah Memorial Monument, to commemorate the memory of the 76,000 members of the French Jewish community sent to concentration camps during World War II. The same weekend a group of Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht regulars were trying to take over Fort Washita, Oklahoma, from the GIs defending the place, another group of reenactors. Reenacting has always been popular in the United States, from groups recreating battles from antiquity, to the ones specializing in the War of Independence or the Civil War. But a growing segment of reenactors' organizations are the ones specializing in World War II, which include Allies and Axis troops. When asked about the motivation to recreate units belonging to a corps associated with atrocities and massacres, the participants all have a standard answer along these lines: "We maintain a strict non-political orientation, we are interested in History and preserving the history of World War II." So for the participants, it is a hobby, not a political statement.

German SS Reenactors SS04

More than 2,000 survivors and relatives gathered in Paris on a recent day, in front of the Shoah Memorial Monument, to commemorate the memory of the 76,000 members of the French Jewish community sent to concentration camps during World War II. The same weekend a group of Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht regulars were trying to take over Fort Washita, Oklahoma, from the GIs defending the place, another group of reenactors. Reenacting has always been popular in the United States, from groups recreating battles from antiquity, to the ones specializing in the War of Independence or the Civil War. But a growing segment of reenactors' organizations are the ones specializing in World War II, which include Allies and Axis troops. When asked about the motivation to recreate units belonging to a corps associated with atrocities and massacres, the participants all have a standard answer along these lines: "We maintain a strict non-political orientation, we are interested in History and preserving the history of World War II." So for the participants, it is a hobby, not a political statement.

German SS Reenactors SS05

More than 2,000 survivors and relatives gathered in Paris on a recent day, in front of the Shoah Memorial Monument, to commemorate the memory of the 76,000 members of the French Jewish community sent to concentration camps during World War II. The same weekend a group of Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht regulars were trying to take over Fort Washita, Oklahoma, from the GIs defending the place, another group of reenactors. Reenacting has always been popular in the United States, from groups recreating battles from antiquity, to the ones specializing in the War of Independence or the Civil War. But a growing segment of reenactors' organizations are the ones specializing in World War II, which include Allies and Axis troops. When asked about the motivation to recreate units belonging to a corps associated with atrocities and massacres, the participants all have a standard answer along these lines: "We maintain a strict non-political orientation, we are interested in History and preserving the history of World War II." So for the participants, it is a hobby, not a political statement.

German SS Reenactors SS06

More than 2,000 survivors and relatives gathered in Paris on a recent day, in front of the Shoah Memorial Monument, to commemorate the memory of the 76,000 members of the French Jewish community sent to concentration camps during World War II. The same weekend a group of Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht regulars were trying to take over Fort Washita, Oklahoma, from the GIs defending the place, another group of reenactors. Reenacting has always been popular in the United States, from groups recreating battles from antiquity, to the ones specializing in the War of Independence or the Civil War. But a growing segment of reenactors' organizations are the ones specializing in World War II, which include Allies and Axis troops. When asked about the motivation to recreate units belonging to a corps associated with atrocities and massacres, the participants all have a standard answer along these lines: "We maintain a strict non-political orientation, we are interested in History and preserving the history of World War II." So for the participants, it is a hobby, not a political statement.

German SS Reenactors SS07

More than 2,000 survivors and relatives gathered in Paris on a recent day, in front of the Shoah Memorial Monument, to commemorate the memory of the 76,000 members of the French Jewish community sent to concentration camps during World War II. The same weekend a group of Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht regulars were trying to take over Fort Washita, Oklahoma, from the GIs defending the place, another group of reenactors. Reenacting has always been popular in the United States, from groups recreating battles from antiquity, to the ones specializing in the War of Independence or the Civil War. But a growing segment of reenactors' organizations are the ones specializing in World War II, which include Allies and Axis troops. When asked about the motivation to recreate units belonging to a corps associated with atrocities and massacres, the participants all have a standard answer along these lines: "We maintain a strict non-political orientation, we are interested in History and preserving the history of World War II." So for the participants, it is a hobby, not a political statement.

German SS Reenactors SS08

More than 2,000 survivors and relatives gathered in Paris on a recent day, in front of the Shoah Memorial Monument, to commemorate the memory of the 76,000 members of the French Jewish community sent to concentration camps during World War II. The same weekend a group of Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht regulars were trying to take over Fort Washita, Oklahoma, from the GIs defending the place, another group of reenactors. Reenacting has always been popular in the United States, from groups recreating battles from antiquity, to the ones specializing in the War of Independence or the Civil War. But a growing segment of reenactors' organizations are the ones specializing in World War II, which include Allies and Axis troops. When asked about the motivation to recreate units belonging to a corps associated with atrocities and massacres, the participants all have a standard answer along these lines: "We maintain a strict non-political orientation, we are interested in History and preserving the history of World War II." So for the participants, it is a hobby, not a political statement.

German SS Reenactors SS09

More than 2,000 survivors and relatives gathered in Paris on a recent day, in front of the Shoah Memorial Monument, to commemorate the memory of the 76,000 members of the French Jewish community sent to concentration camps during World War II. The same weekend a group of Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht regulars were trying to take over Fort Washita, Oklahoma, from the GIs defending the place, another group of reenactors. Reenacting has always been popular in the United States, from groups recreating battles from antiquity, to the ones specializing in the War of Independence or the Civil War. But a growing segment of reenactors' organizations are the ones specializing in World War II, which include Allies and Axis troops. When asked about the motivation to recreate units belonging to a corps associated with atrocities and massacres, the participants all have a standard answer along these lines: "We maintain a strict non-political orientation, we are interested in History and preserving the history of World War II." So for the participants, it is a hobby, not a political statement.

German SS Reenactors SS10

More than 2,000 survivors and relatives gathered in Paris on a recent day, in front of the Shoah Memorial Monument, to commemorate the memory of the 76,000 members of the French Jewish community sent to concentration camps during World War II. The same weekend a group of Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht regulars were trying to take over Fort Washita, Oklahoma, from the GIs defending the place, another group of reenactors. Reenacting has always been popular in the United States, from groups recreating battles from antiquity, to the ones specializing in the War of Independence or the Civil War. But a growing segment of reenactors' organizations are the ones specializing in World War II, which include Allies and Axis troops. When asked about the motivation to recreate units belonging to a corps associated with atrocities and massacres, the participants all have a standard answer along these lines: "We maintain a strict non-political orientation, we are interested in History and preserving the history of World War II." So for the participants, it is a hobby, not a political statement.

German SS Reenactors SS11

More than 2,000 survivors and relatives gathered in Paris on a recent day, in front of the Shoah Memorial Monument, to commemorate the memory of the 76,000 members of the French Jewish community sent to concentration camps during World War II. The same weekend a group of Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht regulars were trying to take over Fort Washita, Oklahoma, from the GIs defending the place, another group of reenactors. Reenacting has always been popular in the United States, from groups recreating battles from antiquity, to the ones specializing in the War of Independence or the Civil War. But a growing segment of reenactors' organizations are the ones specializing in World War II, which include Allies and Axis troops. When asked about the motivation to recreate units belonging to a corps associated with atrocities and massacres, the participants all have a standard answer along these lines: "We maintain a strict non-political orientation, we are interested in History and preserving the history of World War II." So for the participants, it is a hobby, not a political statement.

German SS Reenactors SS12

More than 2,000 survivors and relatives gathered in Paris on a recent day, in front of the Shoah Memorial Monument, to commemorate the memory of the 76,000 members of the French Jewish community sent to concentration camps during World War II. The same weekend a group of Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht regulars were trying to take over Fort Washita, Oklahoma, from the GIs defending the place, another group of reenactors. Reenacting has always been popular in the United States, from groups recreating battles from antiquity, to the ones specializing in the War of Independence or the Civil War. But a growing segment of reenactors' organizations are the ones specializing in World War II, which include Allies and Axis troops. When asked about the motivation to recreate units belonging to a corps associated with atrocities and massacres, the participants all have a standard answer along these lines: "We maintain a strict non-political orientation, we are interested in History and preserving the history of World War II." So for the participants, it is a hobby, not a political statement.

German SS Reenactors SS13

More than 2,000 survivors and relatives gathered in Paris on a recent day, in front of the Shoah Memorial Monument, to commemorate the memory of the 76,000 members of the French Jewish community sent to concentration camps during World War II. The same weekend a group of Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht regulars were trying to take over Fort Washita, Oklahoma, from the GIs defending the place, another group of reenactors. Reenacting has always been popular in the United States, from groups recreating battles from antiquity, to the ones specializing in the War of Independence or the Civil War. But a growing segment of reenactors' organizations are the ones specializing in World War II, which include Allies and Axis troops. When asked about the motivation to recreate units belonging to a corps associated with atrocities and massacres, the participants all have a standard answer along these lines: "We maintain a strict non-political orientation, we are interested in History and preserving the history of World War II." So for the participants, it is a hobby, not a political statement.

German SS Reenactors SS14

More than 2,000 survivors and relatives gathered in Paris on a recent day, in front of the Shoah Memorial Monument, to commemorate the memory of the 76,000 members of the French Jewish community sent to concentration camps during World War II. The same weekend a group of Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht regulars were trying to take over Fort Washita, Oklahoma, from the GIs defending the place, another group of reenactors. Reenacting has always been popular in the United States, from groups recreating battles from antiquity, to the ones specializing in the War of Independence or the Civil War. But a growing segment of reenactors' organizations are the ones specializing in World War II, which include Allies and Axis troops. When asked about the motivation to recreate units belonging to a corps associated with atrocities and massacres, the participants all have a standard answer along these lines: "We maintain a strict non-political orientation, we are interested in History and preserving the history of World War II." So for the participants, it is a hobby, not a political statement.

German SS Reenactors SS15

More than 2,000 survivors and relatives gathered in Paris on a recent day, in front of the Shoah Memorial Monument, to commemorate the memory of the 76,000 members of the French Jewish community sent to concentration camps during World War II. The same weekend a group of Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht regulars were trying to take over Fort Washita, Oklahoma, from the GIs defending the place, another group of reenactors. Reenacting has always been popular in the United States, from groups recreating battles from antiquity, to the ones specializing in the War of Independence or the Civil War. But a growing segment of reenactors' organizations are the ones specializing in World War II, which include Allies and Axis troops. When asked about the motivation to recreate units belonging to a corps associated with atrocities and massacres, the participants all have a standard answer along these lines: "We maintain a strict non-political orientation, we are interested in History and preserving the history of World War II." So for the participants, it is a hobby, not a political statement.

German SS Reenactors SS16

More than 2,000 survivors and relatives gathered in Paris on a recent day, in front of the Shoah Memorial Monument, to commemorate the memory of the 76,000 members of the French Jewish community sent to concentration camps during World War II. The same weekend a group of Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht regulars were trying to take over Fort Washita, Oklahoma, from the GIs defending the place, another group of reenactors. Reenacting has always been popular in the United States, from groups recreating battles from antiquity, to the ones specializing in the War of Independence or the Civil War. But a growing segment of reenactors' organizations are the ones specializing in World War II, which include Allies and Axis troops. When asked about the motivation to recreate units belonging to a corps associated with atrocities and massacres, the participants all have a standard answer along these lines: "We maintain a strict non-political orientation, we are interested in History and preserving the history of World War II." So for the participants, it is a hobby, not a political statement.