Dirlewanger Brigade

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title: Dirlewanger Brigade
text: The Dirlewanger Brigade, also known as the SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger (1944), or the 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, or The Black Hunters, was a unit of the Waffen-SS during World War II. The unit, named after its commander Oskar Dirlewanger, consisted of convicted criminals. Originally formed from convicted poachers in 1940 and first deployed for counter-insurgency duties against the Polish resistance movement, the brigade saw service in German-occupied Eastern Europe, with an especi
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description: Waffen-SS infantry division
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirlewanger_Brigade
date created: 2005-03-31T07:52:15Z
date modified: 2024-08-29T00:52:50Z
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