Oskar Dirlewanger

German military officer and war criminal (1895–1945)

Oskar Paul Dirlewanger (26 September 1895 – c. 7 June 1945) was a German military officer, mass murderer and war criminal. He commanded 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 worst atrocities, with Dirlewanger himself regarded as perhaps Nazi Germany's "most extreme executioner", engaging in frequent acts of violence, rape, and murder. He died after the war while in Allied custody.

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