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Dirlewanger Brigade
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The Dirlewanger Brigade, also known as the 2.SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger, 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 un
Oskar Dirlewanger in 1944.
Oskar Dirlewanger in 1944.
Motorcycle reconnaissance platoon in full combat gear.
Motorcycle reconnaissance platoon in full combat gear.
SS-Grenadier Karl Hans Jung was a career criminal who was transferred to the SS-Sonderbataillon Dirlewanger for probation service.
SS-Grenadier Karl Hans Jung was a career criminal who was transferred to the SS-Sonderbataillon Dirlewanger for probation service.
SS-Obersturmbannführer Oskar Dirlewanger and battalion staff at their quarters in Łohojsk (Tyszkiewicz Palace), 1943. SS-Oberscharführer Heinz Feierta
SS-Obersturmbannführer Oskar Dirlewanger and battalion staff at their quarters in Łohojsk (Tyszkiewicz Palace), 1943. SS-Oberscharführer Heinz Feiertag (second from left) can be seen wearing the Bandenkampfabzeichen.
Khatyn massacre
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Khatyn was a village of 26 houses and 157 inhabitants in Belarus, in Lahoysk district, Minsk region, 50 km from Minsk. On 22 March 1943, almost its entire population was massacred by the Schutzmannsch
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…Battalion 118. Together, they made an offensive operation against the partisans that had ambushed the 1st Company's convoy. They entered and attacked Khatyn. The partisans who had taken shelter in the village turned it into a defensive position. Due to strong resistance by the partisans, Dirlewanger's men…
The sculpture Unbowed Man by Sergei Selikhanov at the Khatyn Memorial site depicts Yuzif Kaminsky, the only adult to survive the massacre, holding his
The sculpture Unbowed Man by Sergei Selikhanov at the Khatyn Memorial site depicts Yuzif Kaminsky, the only adult to survive the massacre, holding his dead son Adam.
Bell tower at the Khatyn Memorial
Bell tower at the Khatyn Memorial
"Cemetery of Villages" with 185 tombs. Each tomb symbolizes a particular village in Belarus which was burned together with its population.
"Cemetery of Villages" with 185 tombs. Each tomb symbolizes a particular village in Belarus which was burned together with its population.
Another view of the Cemetery of Villages
Another view of the Cemetery of Villages