Joachim Peiper more often known as "Jochen Peiper" from the common German nickname for Joachim, was a senior Waffen-SS officer in World War II and a convicted war criminal. By the end of his military career in 1945, Peiper was the youngest regimental colonel in the Waffen-SS, holding the rank of SS-Standartenführer. He also served as personal adjutant to Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, in the period April 1938 to August 1941.

Otto Ernst Remer (August 18, 1912 - October 4, 1997) was a German Wehrmacht officer who played a decisive role in stopping the 1944 July 20 Plot against Hitler. After the war he co-founded the Sozialistische Reichspartei (SRP), and advanced Holocaust denial.

Oskar Dirlewanger was a World War II officer with the Schutzstaffel (SS). He commanded the infamous SS-Sturmbrigade "Dirlewanger" unit made out of amnestied Germans convicted of major crimes.

SS-Obersturmführer Søren Kam was a Danish Waffen-SS officer, an SS-foreign volunteer, who served with the 5.SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Wiking" during World War II. A member of the DNSAP, the Danish Nazi Party, he is also a Knight's Cross winner. He obtained West German citizenship in 1956. On September 21, 2006 the 85-year-old ex-member of the SS was detained in Kempten, Bavaria in accordance with a European arrest warrant issued by Denmark.

SS-Brigadeführer Hugo Kraas was a German Waffen-SS officer who served with the 1.SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" and was the last commander of the 12.SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend".

Dr. Karl Mauss (May 17, 1898 - February 9, 1959) was one of the most distinguished tank commanders of the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a lieutenant general and commander of the 7th Panzer Division, and one of only 27 ever to receive the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves, Swords, and Diamonds.

Matthäus Hetzenauer was a German sniper in the 3rd Mountain Division on the Eastern Front of the Second World War, who was credited with 345 kills. His longest confirmed kill was reported at 1100 metres. Hetzenauer trained as a sniper from March 27 through July 16 1944, before being assigned to the 3rd Gebirgsjäger Division, issued both a K98 rifle with 6x scope and a Gewehr 43 rifle with 4x scope. On November 6 1944, he suffered head trauma from artillery fire, …

Friedrich Pein was a renowned German sniper during the Second World War, and one of two to have been awarded the Ritterkreuz. The son of a farmer, he enlisted in the Wehrmacht in October 1938. His first combat role came as a sniper in the 12th company Gebirgsjägerregiment 143 serving in the Soviet Union. At the start of 1944 he was transferred to the 2nd Company Jagerregiment 227 where he served in Grubinger Group.

SS-Brigadeführer Sylvester Stadler was a German Waffen-SS officer, a commander of the 4. Panzer-Grenadier Regiment "Der Führer", 9. SS-Panzer Division "Hohenstaufen" and a winner of the "Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern". He was one of the youngest German generals during World War II, being only 34 years old when the war ended in 1945.

Bruno Streckenbach holding the rank of SS-Brigadeführer, was head of the RSHA's Amt I: Personnel. He served in the last year of World War I and was a member of the Freikorps{See http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=92523Streckenbach had been chosen back in 1933 to run the Hamburg political police after it had been swallowed by the Gestapo.

Obergruppenführer Hermann Otto Fegelein was a senior officer of the Waffen-SS in Nazi Germany, a member of Adolf Hitler's entourage, and brother-in law to Eva Braun through his marriage to her sister, Gretl. However, he probably died before Braun married Hitler, and details of his death are controversial.

Léon Joseph Marie Degrelle was a Walloon Belgian politician, who founded Rexism and later joined the Nazi German Waffen SS (becoming a leader of its Walloon contingent). After World War II, he was a prominent figure in the neo-fascist and Holocaust denial movements.

Günther Anhalt was a high-ranking German officer in the SS (Schutzstaffel) during World War Two. An early officer in the SS, he was possibly involved in the Wormhoudt massacre in 1940.