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Hausser for writing that, he "hoped the work would disperse the lies and calumnies which had formed themselves around the Waffen-SS and help to give this courageous formation its place." The book had an unmistakable connection to the Nazi origins of the Waffen-SS: the SS runes on the cover art
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The book described the growth of Waffen-SS into a so-called multinational force where foreign volunteers fought heroically as a "militant example of the great
European idea". Historians have refuted this characterisation, arguing that it was largely Nazi propaganda employed to bolster the ranks of
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members. HIAG began in late 1950 as a loose association of local groups; by
October 1951, it claimed to have 376 local branches. In December 1951, Hausser became its first spokesperson.
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and the SS motto ("my honor is my loyalty") embossed on the cloth cover. A foreword from the former
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