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Oskar Dirlewanger
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German Nazi military officer and SS Regiment/Brigade Commander (1895–1945)
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Oskar Dirlewanger (1895–1945) was a German military officer, politician, and tax advisor. Born in Würzburg, he was a member of the Nazi Party and served in the Schutzstaffel, Sturmabteilung, and Deutschvölkischer Schutz und Trutzbund. His military career included service in the Waffen-SS, where he held the rank of Oberführer. He also held the ranks of leutnant, Oberleutnant, and Obersturmführer.
Dirlewanger participated in World War I, the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the Warsaw Uprising. He received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, the Spanish Cross, and the War Victory Cross. He was convicted of embezzlement. Dirlewanger died in Altshausen on 7 June 1945 from blunt trauma.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Sweden
- Active from
- 1986
- Active to
- 1993
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 41
- Total plays
- 44
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- ISB recommendation on definitions of joint coordinate system of various joints for the reporting of human joint motion—part I: ankle, hip, and spine
· 2002 · cited 2,673x
- Donanemab in Early Symptomatic Alzheimer Disease
· 2023 · cited 2,643x
- Quantentheorie und f�nfdimensionale Relativit�tstheorie
· 1926 · cited 2,492x
- Revised criteria for diagnosis and staging of Alzheimer's disease: Alzheimer's Association Workgroup
· 2024 · cited 2,476x
- Laser cooling of a nanomechanical oscillator into its quantum ground state
· 2011 · cited 2,081x
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Key facts
- Nicknames
- Gandhi Butcher of Warsaw
- Born
- Oskar Anton Paul Dirlewanger , 26 September 1895, Würzburg , Kingdom of Bavaria , German Empire
- Died
- c. 7 June 1945 (1945-06-07) (aged 49), Altshausen , Baden-Württemberg , Allied-occupied Germany
- Buried
- Altshausen Military Cemetery
- Allegiance
- German Empire , Nazi Germany
- Branch
- Imperial German Army Freikorps Spanish Legion Condor Legion SS-Totenkopfverbände Waffen-SS
- Service years
- 1913–1919 1919–1923 1937–1939 1940–1945
- Rank
- SS- Oberführer
- Commands
- Dirlewanger Brigade
- Conflicts
- World War I Freikorps operations Spanish Civil War World War II Anti-partisan operations in Belarus Warsaw Uprising Slovak National Uprising Battle of Ipolysag Battle of Guben
- Awards
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross German Cross in Gold Close Combat Clasp Clasp to the Iron Cross Spanish Cross
- Alma mater
- Goethe University Frankfurt
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Oskar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Würzburg
- Place of death
- Altshausen
- Educated at
- University of Mannheim
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Award
- War Victory Cross
- Participant in
- The Holocaust in Poland
- Conflict
- Spanish Civil War
- Military branch
- Waffen-SS
- Military rank
- Standartenführer
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S73495, Oskar Dirlewanger.jpg
- Convicted of
- embezzlement
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- Commons category
- Oskar Dirlewanger
- date of death
- 1945-06-07
- date of birth
- 1895-09-26
- member of
- Sturmabteilung
- allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- name in native language
- Oskar Dirlewanger
- start of work period
- 1914-00-00
- significant person
- Gottlob Berger
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Encyclopedic overview
Oskar Paul Dirlewanger (26 September 1895 – c. 7 June 1945) was a German military officer, convicted child molester, war criminal, and overall sexual predator. He is best known for commanding the Dirlewanger Brigade, a penal military unit of the Waffen-SS which served in World War II. Dirlewanger's unit is often considered the most notorious Waffen-SS unit, committing some of the conflict's most infamous atrocities, with Dirlewanger himself regarded as perhaps Nazi Germany's "most extreme executioner", engaging in constant acts of violence, rape, and murder. He died after the war while in Allied custody.
Dirlewanger had an impressive career as a junior officer during World War I. He fought in the post-World War I conflicts in Germany as a minor commander in the Freikorps militia movement, with the troops he led then also characterized by excessive violence, and participated in the Spanish Civil War. Through his service with the Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War, he was politically rehabilitated despite his criminal record, allowing his return to favor within the Nazi Party. He was a habitual offender, convicted in interwar Germany for illegal weapons possession and child molestation. During World War II, he was appointed and headed a special Waffen-SS unit that was officially named after him and was composed for the most part of conscripted convicts and other prisoners.
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