Oskar Dirlewanger
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Oskar Dirlewanger (September 26, 1895-June 7, 1945) was a World War II officer with the Schutzstaffel (SS). He commanded the SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger unit. Dirlewanger was sentenced for war crimes and was beaten to death by inmates at Altshausen, a French prison camp.
Dr. Oskar Dirlewanger was an infantry soldier in World War I and won both the Iron Cross 2nd Class and the Iron Cross 1st Class. He was a member of several Freikorps after the war. He attempted to join the Schutzstaffel three times, finally becoming a full-fledged member of the National Socialist German Workers Party in 1932.
He served in the Condor Legion in the Spanish Civil War.
A convicted pederast, himself interned at a concentration camp before the SS believed it necessary to form a brigade solely of ex-convicts for use on the Eastern Front, he was for his experience reluctantly selected by Heinrich Himmler to lead it. It was known Himmler had a profound dislike for Dirlewanger.
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