SS Division Dirlewanger

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod 1940–1945
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:36th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS
gptkb:Dirlewanger_Brigade
gptkbp:battle gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Oskar_Dirlewanger
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Adelheide,_Germany
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SS Division Dirlewanger
gptkbp:initiallyFormedAs penal unit
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:murder
war crimes
arson
looting
rape
crimes against humanity
torture
mass executions
massacres
sadism
plundering
drug abuse
brutality
alcohol abuse
atrocities against civilians
burning of villages
lack of discipline
anti-partisan operations
collaboration with auxiliary units
collaboration with other SS units
collaboration with police battalions
killing of children
killing of prisoners
killing of women
murder of civilians
participation in the Warsaw Uprising suppression
use of extreme violence
use of flamethrowers against civilians
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Warsaw_Uprising
gptkb:Slovak_National_Uprising
gptkb:Operation_Cottbus
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:recruitedFrom political prisoners
poachers
convicted criminals
concentration camp inmates
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Schutzstaffel
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6