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OSKAR DIRLEWANGER (26 SEPTEMBER 1895 – C. 7 JUNE 1945) WAS A GERMAN SS COMMANDER AND HABITUAL OFFENDER, CONVICTED FOR R**E OF CHILDREN AND OTHER CRIMES. HE IS KNOWN FOR COMMITTING NUMEROUS WAR CRIMES IN GERMAN-OCCUPIED TERRITORIES DURING WORLD WAR II. DIRLEWANGER WAS THE FOUNDER AND COMMANDER OF THE SS PENAL UNIT, THE DIRLEWANGER BRIGADE, CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST BRUTAL AND NOTORIOUS WAFFEN-SS UNIT. HIS UNIT EPITOMIZED THE EXPANSION OF THE WAR OF TERROR IN ITS MOST BRUTAL FORM WITHIN THE SS, AND WITH DIRLEWANGER HIMSELF REGARDED AS PERHAPS THE NAZI REGIME'S "MOST EXTREME EXECUTIONER," INDULGING HIMSELF IN SADISTIC ACTS OF VIOLENCE, R**E AND MURDER; #WHOLEOME WEEK