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Outcry Over US Marines Posing with SS Flag

By Jspace Staff on 2/10/2012 at 12:56 PM

Categories: United States, History, World

Outcry Over US Marines Posing with SS Flag

Jewish and American military organizations demanding a presidential investigation that will hold the troops accountable after a photo showing US Marine snipers posing with a flag depicting the Nazi SS symbol surfaced on the Internet. The leaked photograph depicts the troops beneath the Nazi lightning symbol and an American flag in Afghanistan. The photo was allegedly taken in September 2010 by members of the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion at a base in the Sangin district of Helmand province. The matter was brought …More

Nazi Commander's Surgical Tools to be Auctioned Off

By Jspace Staff on 2/7/2012 at 3:43 PM

Categories: Business, History

Nazi Commander's Surgical Tools to be Auctioned Off

A wooden box filled with surgical equipment belonging to SS Major Anton Burger, the commander of the Theresienstadt concentration camp, is being auctioned off in Britain. Burger is most known for hiding the true purpose of the Nazi camp during visits by the Red Cross to the site, which is located in what was then Czechoslovakia. For this, Theresienstadt was given the nickname of the “paradise camp.” Burger would order fake shops and restaurants be constructed for the visits, remaking the camp, in …More