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Is there any veterans of the Dirlewanger Brigade still alive? “The infamous SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger, also known as the Dirlewanger Brigade, came into the spotlight in Poland last week  The Warsaw Uprising Museum has obtained a list of members of the infamous brigade The infamous SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger, also known as the Dirlewanger Brigade, came into the spotlight in Poland last week when media reports surfaced that its surviving soldiers could be tried for war crimes.  The unit is known primarily for atrocities committed while suppressing the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. Polish daily Rzeczpospolita revealed that the German Red Cross had provided the Warsaw Uprising Museum with files listing members of the SS unit.  The list has already been forwarded to the Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), whose president, Janusz Kurtyka, has hinted that an investigation of the brigade's activities during the uprising could soon be launched.  The Simon Wiesenthal...