During the viewing of this movie I noticed a major gaff .All the Russians had to do to determine if they were SS members ,was to look under their left armpit where all SS men had their blood type tatoo .This would be something the Russians would be very aware of ....especially a high ranking NKVD officer .
shareThe tattoos were indeed used after the war to identify SS-members but many former members (and Waffen-SS soldiers) removed the tattoo to be able to hide their SS-past from the allies.
A soldier from 13. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS Handschar spoke of how he removed his tattoo:
"Later, in the prisoner-of-war camp at Tamsweg, I met Sturmbannführer Liecke from our division. He brought us to a physician from the 14th SS Division, who provided us with hydrogen tablets to remove our blood type tattoos. We moistened these tablets and dabbed them on our arms. This was extremely irritating to the skin, but the tattoos simply came off after two to three days. Naturally the skin required about two to three weeks to heal. Because of these tablets, I was successful in passing two inspections conducted by our captors. (1)"
Another way to determine SS was teeth and height.
They had no fillings of any description and were all over 6' in height.