Talk:Dirlewanger Brigade

message: never heard of increasing nrs of political prisoners at dirlewanger. or read.
I think it's some crappy stunt. I leave it for now as to a certain extend some desperate people may have fell under some of the descriptions, but i think it is weird. It was rather a criminal division and that was as far as i understand it, recognised in the recruitment.
These people fell under worse categorys then political prisoners, also repeatedly convicted members of other army units contributed.77.248.56.242 02:47, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Its membership was originally comprised of poachers. Later it included common criminals. Towards the end of its existance, the "Dirlewanger" unit came to include all outcasts of the Nazi regeim: homosexuals, religious and political prisoners and so on. It can truely be said that this was made up of all persons outlawed by the Nazi regeim. Piercetp (talk) 07:08, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I would add that many members of this unit, particularly Communists and other leftists deserted and joined forces with Partisans. A number of Veterans even served the in the military and police branches of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). Piercetp (talk) 07:18, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Political Prisoners 

message: The Waffengruppe Aserbeidschan was created 30.12.1944 (SS-FHA, Amt II OrgAbt Ia/II, TgbNr. 5248/44 gKdos vom 30.12.1944), and was a part of the Kaukasischen Waffen-Verbandes der SS along with Stab Waffen-Gruppe Georgien, Stab Waffen-Gruppe Armenien and Stab Waffen-Gruppe Nordkaukasus .This unit could not participate to the Wola killings that happened from August 5 to August 8 1944 five months before.(Der Kaukasische Waffen-Verband der SS by Roland Pfeiffer)
Wola killings were mostly inflicted by elements of Kampfgruppe Reinefarth that assaulted the area held by the insurgents from the west. It is hard to determine which specific units are to be held responsible but the main 'cleansing' tasks has been assigned to Angriffsgruppe Dirlewanger with following forces: 2 Grenadier Batallions (I & II) of SS Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger + Aserbeidschanische Feld Bataillon I./111 (com. Hptm. Werner Scharrenberg) + Ostmuselmanisches SS Regiment (without Batallion III) II Btl. "Bergmann" - [without 7. Komp.] Ltn. Mertelsmann Gendermerie Operationsgruppe Walter (2 gendarmerie Komp.) Komp. I & II of Aserb. Feld Btl. I/111 Anti-aircraft battery of 80th Regiment Sturmpanzer-Kompanie z.b.V. 218 [8x Brummbär] Hptm. Kellmann 1/2 of machine gun 4.Kompanie of Aserb. Feld Btl. I/111 1. Platoon of 654. Pioniere Batallion 1 KRONE flamethrower unit (8x Flammenwerfer 41)
http://wilk.wpk.p.lodz.pl/~whatfor/niemcy%20_w_powstaniu_warszaws2.htm#reck
Zulfugar (talk) 16:49, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  SS-Waffengruppe Aserbaidschan 

message: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ss-dirlewanger_maski.jpg
Someone fix the (annoying) copyrights stuff on its page. I had no idea so I used this "sanctions" excuse, even if it was technically false. --Captain Obvious and his crime-fighting dog (talk) 18:54, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Haha, yeah. That's a pretty strange rationale.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tchernobog (talk • contribs) 21:00, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The photo I uploaded 

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message: Dirlewanger is said to have been killed in AltShausen (Baden Würtemberg near Ravensburg) with a note 22 indicating a reference on the subject. However, the book refers to the death taking place in Althausen prison in Bavaria. One or the other must be wrong.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.72.163.183 (talk) 16:07, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Altshausen or Althausen