When the 9-5 working week ends we all need a way to unwind. For some it’s the sesh, sport or stamp collecting, but for others it’s dressing up as the Waffen SS. Up and down the country groups of men meet up under the non-judgmental cover of forest foliage and isolated fields to pretend, just for a moment, that they are part of Hitler's Third Reich.
Is this a sinister pastime? Or is it just cosplay with more swastikas?
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The Reich Reenactors: VICE Reports ─ VICE
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