Neo-Nazis infiltrate UK WWII re-enactment group

Neo-Nazis have reportedly infiltrated a British re-enactment society that has portrayed the Sturm Schutzstaffel (SS) in films and on television.

London, Aug.25 : Neo-Nazis have reportedly infiltrated a British re-enactment society that has portrayed the Sturm Schutzstaffel (SS) in films and on television.

According to a BBC investigation, people associated with the Second Battle Group (SBG), which featured in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, claimed they were members of the far-Right Blood and Honour organisation and complained of German blood being tainted by "jigaboos".

The claims were made in footage filmed by the BBC Panorama unit, which followed the SBG during a show in Kent this summer.

The SBG was set up in 1978 and describes itself as "Britain's longest-serving Second World War living history and historical society".

At public displays, its members, who number 200, portray scenes from the war, while wearing replica uniforms and using authentic weapons and vehicles.

Panorama, due to be broadcast on Monday, used a hidden camera to record one of the senior members of the SBG in the beer tent.

The man, identified as Glen Swallow, was heard to say: "If it (the Waffen SS) existed now, I would join. I believe we should be sorting these Muslims out."

A German man, called Boris, from a Luftwaffe re-enactment group, said: "We are losing our country, losing our blood because of jigaboos. Our blood is not any more fresh."

Gerry Gable, the publisher of Searchlight, the international anti-fascist magazine said the Government should "look at the licensing of these organisations".

The SBG has said that it will carry out an internal investigation into the infiltration allegations.

ANI