viking since 2003. although they posted a disclaimer wholeheartedly condemning atrocitied committed during world war ii. we are onlyç interested in recreating his daily life, furthering our understanding of what it took to be a soldier, and at the same time, having fun reliving history. as austrian historian eleanor lapin writes, soldiers in the vikinging division were involved in the killing of hungarian jews. mr. iott confirming that he participated in the group under an alias, reinhard pferdmann, citing his deep love of history. "i've always been fascinated by the fact that here was a relatively small country that from a strictly military point of view accomplished incredible things. i mean, they took over most of europe and russia and it really took the combined effort of the free world to defeat them. from a purely historical military point of view, that's incredible." mr. iott's response was to note he's also played dress-up for the civil war and on the union side and world war i. and he dressed up like a war criminal for all the right