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The SS-Sonderkommando "Dirlewanger" A Memoir: A Memoir

Rolf Michaelis

A rare look inside the Sonderkommando "Dirlewanger," the SS anti-partisan unit notorious for atrocities in Poland and Russia during World War II. These memoirs were written by a former member of the unit from its formation in 1940 to the end of the war and took part in nearly all its operations. A f...

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Behind the Bastards

The book was mentioned and the author was quoted several times, particularly regarding Dirlewanger's education and early life before his role in the Nazi party. The author's work was described as valuable for studying the subject matter.

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If there were ever a library for the ethnic fear of the enemy during the Great War, it was the Eastern Front.

— Episode: Part One: Oskar Dirlwanger: The Worst Na...

Episode: Part One: Oskar Dirlwanger: The Worst Nazi

The book was mentioned and the author was quoted several times, particularly regarding Dirlewanger's education and early life before his role in the Nazi party. The author's work was described as valuable for studying the subject matter.

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If there were ever a library for the ethnic fear of the enemy during the Great War, it was the Eastern Front.

His education did not include the humanities.

He distinguished himself very early by his vlkisch convictions and expressed them with unusual violence.

Oscar Dirlewanger's war began on August 2nd in a machine gun company of the 123rd Regiment of Grenadiers who were heading to France from Ulm by way of Belgium.

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