Template:Did you know nominations/Mark C. Yerger

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 00:28, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

• ... that the American writer Mark C. Yerger has been called a "guru" among those who romanticize the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany?
  Source: Ronald M. Smelser and Edward J. Davies, II: The Myth of the Eastern Front, p. 159: "One important guru is Mark Yerger, a prolific writer - or at least publisher - of material on the Waffen-SS."
  • ALT1:... that the American writer Mark C. Yerger was honored by the Waffen-SS veterans' organization for his works that embellished the history of the Waffen-SS?
    Source: Lancaster Online obituary: "... he was the only American awarded the HIAG Ehrennadel in Gold for research ..."

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Mahdi's tomb
• Comment: Created by Assayer on de:, translated by me. Sadly, the guy's writings are relatively frequently cited in our articles about SS topics, and we'll probably have to do something about that. Sandstein 12:27, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Created/expanded by Assayer (talk) and Sandstein (talk). Nominated by Sandstein (talk) at 12:27, 10 January 2021 (UTC).