Richard Landwehr

Who is Richard Landwehr?

Richard Landwehr is the author of numerous books about the Waffen-SS, its non-German volunteers in particular. He has been produced the magazine Siegrunen on the same topic for "more than 25 years".

He has written for the Journal for Historical Review which is published by the Institute for Historical Review, an American Holocaust denial organization.

Landwehr's works about the Waffen SS are favourable toward them. His article "The European Volunteer Movement in World War II" lauds the Waffen SS and the ideals they fought for while assiduously avoiding any mention of war crimes. The world view that permeates Landwehr's work is best summed up in his own words from the 1981 article in JHR:

After a generation of slander, vilification and falsehood concerning the European volunteers, the first rays of light are beginning to shine through. Slowly, but surely, their story is being told. As for the soldiers themselves, many are of the belief that they were ahead of their time, both militarily and philosophically, and that their legacy is yet to be fulfilled.