The dirlewanger brigade was an anti partisan unit of the nazi army reporting directly to heinrich himmler the members of the brigade were released prisoners including men who had been convicted of burglary assault murder and rape who were believed to have the skills necessary for hunting down and capturing partisan fighters in their camps in the forests of the eastern front. The dirlewanger brigade was an anti partisan unit of the nazi army reporting directly to heinrich himmler. Buy the paperback book the ss dirlewanger brigade the history of the black hunters by christian ingrao at indigoca canadas largest bookstore free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders the dirlewanger brigade was an anti partisan unit of the nazi army reporting directly to heinrich himmler the first members of the brigade were mostly poachers who were released from prisons and