Iconic Photo of Dirlewanger Assault Group
Iconic Photo of Dirlewanger Assault Group
The picture was probably taken during the Warsaw Uprising in August 1944.
Dirlewanger and Staff
Dirlewanger and Staff
This is another grainy photo and appears to be from late 1944 or early 1945. Dirlewanger looks older; he knows that if Germany loses the war, he will be tried and executed. The officer in the background close to Dirlewanger appears to be wearing the Anti-Partisan Badge in Silver; that would mean service with the Sonderkommando for a long time.
Dirlewanger Murder Site?
Dirlewanger Murder Site?
Is this building the temporary jail at Altshausen, Baden-Württemberg? Or did Dirlewanger survive the war and flee to Syria? Do I need to go back to Germany and re-write the book?
Reconnaissance Platoon in Sonderkommando Dirlewanger
Reconnaissance Platoon in Sonderkommando Dirlewanger
Like so much evidence concerning the unit, this photograph is grainy, with poor light and no names attached. This appears to be a motorcycle-equipped reconnaissance platoon, based on the goggles. The solid nature of the log barracks building suggests that the photograph was taken in 1943-1944. The troopers are wearing Waffen-SS pattern camouflage smocks.
Reputed Grave of Oskar Dirlewanger
Reputed Grave of Oskar Dirlewanger
Reputed Grave of Oskar Dirlewanger at Altshausen, Germany. Could he have survived the war and the grave was a hoax? The French files concerning his capture are still sealed, but it might be worth another adventure to France!
Six Enlisted Men in Sonderkommando Dirlewanger
Six Enlisted Men in the Sonderkommando
Six Enlisted Men in the Sonderkommando. This photograph also appears to have been taken in Russia, during the anti-partisan days of the unit. It appears that the trooper in the back center is wearing a special Dirlewanger collar tab. He has either an Anti-Partisan Badge or a General Assault Badge.
