 Always in touch with its members' Nazi past, HIAG was a subject of significant controversy, both in West Germany and abroad.The organisation drifted into open right-wing extremism in its later history; it disbanded in 1992 at the federal level, but local groups, along with the organisation's monthly periodical, continue to exist into the 21st century.While HIAG only partially achieved its goals of legal and economic rehabilitation of the Waffen-SS, its propaganda efforts led to the reshaping of the image of the Waffen-SS in popular culture.