[caver]

Yea, it’s not a good situation when the Nazis are looked at as being better than the Soviets. Of course, the Soviets ruled them for lot longer than the Nazis. It may be a case of seething hatred.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Nazi occupation of eastern Europe was far more benign for non-Jews than the Soviets ever were. The Nazis made lots of foreign units "SS" to win their alligence. The armed SS, the "Waffen SS" were more analogous to U.S. Special Forces than to terrorist. (Malmedy was the exception, not the rule.)

Headed by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, the Waffen-SS saw action throughout the Second World War. It had three sub-organisations:

Leibstandarte, Adolf Hitler's bodyguard regiment.

Totenkopfverbände, that administered the concentration camps.

Verfügungstruppe, up to 39 divisions in World War II that served as elite combat troops alongside the regular army Wehrmacht.

The Totenkopfverbände were the really bad guys.