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 . The results are still felt , with scholarly treatments being outweighed by a large amount of amateur historical studies , memoirs , picture books , websites and wargames . The Potsdam Conference held by the Soviet Union , the United Kingdom and the United States from 17 July to 2 August 1945 determined the policies that Allied-occupied Germany was to face . These included demilitarisation , denazification , democratisation and decentralisation . The Allies ' attempts were often perceived by the occupied population as " victors ' justice " and met with limited success . For those in the Western occupation zones , the beginning of the Cold War further undermined these policies by reviving the idea of the necessity to fight against Soviet communism , echoing one aspect of Hitler 's foreign policy
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