Book · 2011 · History
The SS Dirlewanger Brigade
The History of the Black Hunters
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The SS Dirlewanger Brigade by Christian Ingrao is a historical study examining the formation, ideology, and brutal actions of a notorious Nazi unit commanded by Oskar Dirlewanger. Robert Evans recommended Ingrao's book on Behind the Bastards as an essential resource for understanding the complex and esoteric history behind the unit's creation. Throughout the episodes, Evans relied on Ingrao's research to explain the folklore and worldview that shaped the brigade, noting that while the arguments were intricate, the book provided vital detail on the killers' völkisch convictions and violent ideologies. Evans drew directly from the text to present evidence regarding the unit's operations in Poland and elsewhere, citing post-war testimony and casualty statistics compiled by researchers. He highlighted findings indicating that the brigade's missions largely involved policing civilians, looting, and executing terror rather than engaging in legitimate anti-partisan combat. By quoting Ingrao's calculations on the high ratio of deaths to weapons recovered, Evans illustrated that the vast majority of those killed by the unit were innocent civilians and Jews rather than members of armed resistance movements.
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Robert Evans And if you want to read Christian's book, which I do recommend, he goes into a lot of detail about what thi… 5
“And if you want to read Christian's book, which I do recommend, he goes into a lot of detail about what this means, kind of the esoteric history. I don't understand all of this.”
“Again Ingrow's book goes into more detail I'm not going to claim to entirely understand the arguments that he's making there beyond what I have related to do cuz it is more complex than that.”
“And I'm going to quote from his book. Now, post-war testimony doesn't mention antipartisan activity. Another very credible indicator of the total absence of danger is the fact that the unit suffered no losses.”
“And I'm going to quote from Ingrow's book again. During these operations, according to Christian Gearlock's calculations, 6 to 10 men were killed for every weapon recovered and confiscated. He concludes that only 15% of those killed were real members of armed resistance movements against the Germans.”
“And I'm going to quote from the SS Duralonger Brigade by Christian Ingra. Quote, he distinguished himself very early by his vulkish convictions and expressed them with unusual violence.”
