Oskar Dirlewanger
(1895-1945)
German military officer
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Oskar Paul Dirlewanger (26 September 1895 – c.) was a German military officer (SS-Oberführer) and war criminal who served as the founder and commander of the Nazi SS penal unit "Dirlewanger" during World War II. Serving in Poland and in Belarus, his name is closely linked to some of the most notorious crimes of the war. He also fought in World War I, the post-World War I conflicts, and the Spanish Civil War. He reportedly died after World War II while in Allied custody. According to Timothy Snyder, "in all the theaters of the Second World War, few could compete in cruelty with Dirlewanger".
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26 September 1895 Wurzburg, Germany
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| Died |
7 June 1945 (aged 49) Altshausen, Germany
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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