SS-sonderkommando Dirlewanger in the occupied territories of Belarus (March-December 1942) Cover Image

SS-Sonderkommando Dirlewanger na okupowanych terenach Białorusi (marzec–grudzień 1942)
SS-sonderkommando Dirlewanger in the occupied territories of Belarus (March-December 1942)

Author(s): Hubert Kuberski
Subject(s): Social history
Published by: Uniwersytet Warszawski - Katedra Studiów Interkulturowych Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej
Keywords: II World War; Belarus; occupation; Oskar-Paul Dirlewanger

Summary/Abstract: The unit commanded by Oskar-Paul Dirlewanger has become an incredible scale of barbarism. Slavic Untermenschen – Belarusians, Russians, Poles and Slovaks – were the target of Dirlewanger’s soldiers for almost three years during the ruthlessly conducted Partisanenbekämpfung (fi ghting the guerrillas), which was quickly renamed Bandenbekämpfung (to fi ght the “band”) to emphasize humiliation an enemy with whom the police, SS and East European volunteers fought. One of them was SS-Sonderkommando Dirlewanger.

  • Issue Year: 4/2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 319-387
  • Page Count: 69
  • Language: Polish