At 17, Huber volunteered for the Waffen-SS, and served as a machine-gunner, earning two Iron Cross medals on the eastern front. After the war, he was held as a PoW for 16 months. Despite this, Huber has been the subject of several laudatory media stories, including a controversial TVNZ programme in 2017, which was heavily criticised for glossing over and minimising his Nazi past.