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As horrible as the Holocaust was, I think the thing from the Second World War that has scared me most is probably the Dirlewanger brigade[0]. I guess it's the d
by tormeh 10y ago
As horrible as the Holocaust was, I think the thing from the Second World War that has scared me most is probably the Dirlewanger brigade[0]. I guess it's the difference between someone who kills you because that's his task, and someone who kills you because he likes it. Dirlewanger[1] was a cartoon villain. In a work of fiction he would have been easily dismissed as not believable, but he was very real.
0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division...
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Dirlewanger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Dirlewanger
- hackuser 10y agoHe was hardly the only murderous sadist; you can find many in the history of Holocaust camps. Look up Joseph Mengele, for example, who would perform sadistic medical procedures (called experiments, but really for sadism) on prisoners, including children, and without anesthesia. Too sickening to describe here.
- LordKano 10y agoJapan's Unit 731 did some truly horrific things too.
- neaden 10y agoLavrentiy Beria was the head of the NKVD (USSR secret police) during WW2 and also a serial rapist/murderer, the high ups including Stalin all knew, but considered him good enough at his job to essentially let it slide though of course they never let their female relatives anywhere near him.