A GROUP of men dressed as Nazi SS death troopers sparked fury at a 1940s festival – before cops escorted them away following a fight.

Pictures show at least ten blokes in leather trench coats, SS markings on their collars, Swastikas and evil 'Totenkopf' skull badges.

Eyewitnesses claim the men were "laughing and joking" outside a pub at Sheringham 1940s Weekend in North Norfolk on Saturday.

But event marshals were forced to step in and police intervened when furious crowds attacked the WWII re-enactors.

Norfolk Police say one man had reported being assaulted amid the carnage which the force were investigating.

There is no suggestion any of the men in the pictures were involved in the altercation.

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Punters to the event, which attracts around 25,000, many in period dress, said the men tainted a normally "joyous" day.

One fumed on Facebook: "I was surprised how upset I felt and think it was totally inappropriate at a joyous occasion."

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While a second added: "I witnessed them laughing and joking outside a pub.

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"My dad served throughout the entire war in the Royal Navy and I don't thunk he would have considered it appropriate."

The SS, or 'Schutzstaffel', was the leading paramilitary death squad in Hitler's Nazi Germany led by Heinrich Himmler.

They were the enforcers of ‘Aryan’ race ideology who rounded up Jews and other minorities for either immediate execution or concentration camps, which the SS ran.

The 'Totenkopf' skull worn by some of the men at the weekend was used by front line Waffen-SS fighters in the 3rd Panzer Division, comprised of Hitler's most hellbent fanatics.

One attendee claimed German uniforms were "OK" but the SS uniforms were "disrespectful and inappropriate".

A spokesman for the festival organisers say German uniforms are permitted, as long as they do not "promote the Nazis".

He told the Eastern Daily Press the incident had been a "misunderstanding" and that the group was there to "commemorate the German people".

While North Norfolk Railway, who run separate rail events over the weekend, told The Sun: "We have a long-standing policy of not allowing exhibitors or visitors in Axis uniforms and this is monitored at the entrance gates.

"Our security team did not encounter anyone arriving in such uniforms throughout the weekend."

A police spokeswoman said: "A police officer on patrol in Sheringham came across a confrontation in the High Street on Saturday at about 5.30pm, involving a man and a group of people who had been attending an event.

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"The officer intervened and quickly resolved the incident.

"One man reported being assaulted and this is being investigated further. No one was injured during the incident."

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