German soldiers have been ordered to rip the labels on their uniforms off after they were mistakenly issued ones marked with the unfortunate initials “SS.” The ministry recently distributed ...

ß is not interchangeable with ‘ss’ The German ‘s’ has two sounds: hard, like in the English word ‘same’, and soft, like the ‘z’ sound in ‘as’.

Münch said the number 44 on the jersey could be read as the “rune signs for the letters ‘SS,’” used in the 19th and 20th centuries. Unlike in the U.S., the symbols are banned in Germany.

Adidas has barred German fans from customizing soccer jerseys with the number 44 after concerns that the figures resembled the World War II-era Nazi SS symbol.

German army accidentally issues uniforms with 'SS' labels. Defence ministry said the initials were meant to be an acronym, for 'small, short' 'SS' appeared on helmets, sleeping bags and waterproof ...

The SS United States will be turned into the world's largest artificial reef. ... Traffic on the Walt Whitman Bridge is expected to stop between 4-4:30 a.m., officials said.

German soccer fans have been banned from customizing a jersey with the number 44 because of a resemblance to the lightning bolts symbol used by Nazi SS units.

Local News Foundation that runs museum’s re-enactment responds to incident involving diners dressed as Nazis Wearing the German uniforms in a public space is “repugnant,” the foundation said.

BERLIN - German prosecutors said Friday they have charged a former SS guard, now 98 years old, for complicity in the killings of over 3,300 people at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II.

A top far-right German politician says he will pull back from campaigning for the upcoming EU elections - although he will remain his party's lead candidate. The latest controversy comes after the ...

While German law bans the display of Nazi iconography, the distribution of over 300,000 pieces of combat equipment with the combination of the letters 'SS' fell through the net.

German army uniforms have been mistakenly issued with "SS" size labels after a "production problem" reportedly occurred when the initials were thought to be an acronym for the size: “small, short." ...