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These genocidal murderers were clearly the worst of the worst. Among the approximately one million foreign volunteers and conscripts who served in the wehrmacht and waffen ss during world war ii were ethnic germans. Please find below our range of ww2 german army and waffen ss volunteer shields. Waffenss foreign volunteers and conscripts wikipedia.
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