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In Belarus, the unit came under the command of Central Russia's Höherer SS-und Polizeiführer, Erich von dem Bach.

The " Dirlewanger " resumed anti-partisan activities in this area, working in cooperation with the Kaminski Brigade.

Dirlewanger's preferred method of operation was to gather civilians in a barn, set it on fire and shoot with machine guns anyone who tried to escape ; the victims of his unit numbered about 30, 000.

According to Timothy Snyder, a Yale historian,