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Part Two: Oskar Dirlwanger: The Worst Nazi

Behind the Bastards

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The History of the Durlmanger Brigitte

The Durlmanger Brigitte spent 53 months in Belarus, during which we know they killed at least 30,000 people. The historian Reneer Hofschlut has retraced the career of Heinz F, one of the last homosexuals to have been forced into the army. On May 1, 1945, eight days before the capitulation of Nazi Germany, he joined the Wehrmacht under duress. And a lot again, how you want to morally judge the men who make the decision to join a unit like the Durlmangers Brigitte or who are made to join it to avoid life in a camp because I don't know, I'm a podcast host

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