. "Obersturmführer (1939), SS-Standartenführer (1944). Joined the Condor Legion in 1937. 1940 founded the special SS battalion\"Dirlewange\" made up of criminals. This unit was investigated by a Hauptamt SS court for extreme cruelty and murderous havoc during\"partisan comba\" in Poland and Belarus. The\"Dirlewange\" unit was also active in the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944."@eng . "Dirlewanger Oskar Paul"@eng . .