From elite SS training to the frozen hell of the Dyatkovo Pocket, Wilfried Richter recounts brutal man-to-man combat against Soviet armor and the bitter resolve that earned him the Knight’s Cross.

The Totenkopf logo was confirmed to once be the “unofficial” emblem of the 3rd Special Forces Group but was “banned in 2022 by 3rd Special Forces Group leadership when it was brought to ...

The Totenkopf is listed in the Anti-Defamation League’s hate symbols database, where it’s described as the symbol adopted by the SS-Totenkopfverbande, a branch of the SS that guarded ...

The 20th Special Forces Group posted a photo to its Instagram page appearing to show a member sporting a patch similar to the Totenkopf, a symbol adopted by Hitler for his brutal SS soldiers.

An image of a Ukrainian soldier wearing a patch containing the Totenkopf symbol, an example of Nazi iconography, that was posted on the Twitter account of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, then deleted.

The patch featuring an SS Totenkopf — also referred to as “Death’s Head” — on a palm tree similar to a patch used by Nazi Germany’s AfrikaKorps, was posted to the Alabama-based 20th ...

The insignia was also the symbol of the 3rd SS "Totenkopf" Panzer Division, responsible for several war crimes. This included the 1940 Le Paradis Massacre, ...