Otto Weidinger

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German military officer Holocaust revisionist Waffen-SS officer World War II veteran human military historian

Otto Weidinger was a high-ranking Waffen-SS officer and regimental commander in the 2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich" during World War II, later known for his controversial postwar writings defending the SS.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German military officer ⓘ Holocaust revisionist ⓘ Waffen-SS officer ⓘ World War II veteran ⓘ human ⓘ military historian ⓘ
affiliation	SS-Verlag and Waffen-SS veterans' organizations ⓘ
allegedInvolvement	war crimes associated with 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich ⓘ
associatedWith	veterans' circles of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich ⓘ
awardReceived	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves NERFINISHED ⓘ Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Germany ⓘ Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Schutzstaffel NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	military history ⓘ revisionist history ⓘ
hasRole	Waffen-SS officer ⓘ regimental commander ⓘ
ideology	Nazism ⓘ far-right revisionism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ
memberOf	2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich NERFINISHED ⓘ Waffen-SS NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	Waffen-SS NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRank	SS-Standartenführer ⓘ
notableFor	command role in 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich during World War II ⓘ controversial portrayal of SS units as purely military formations ⓘ postwar apologetic accounts of Waffen-SS operations ⓘ
notableWork	multi-volume history of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich ⓘ postwar writings defending the Waffen-SS ⓘ
notedFor	denial or minimization of SS involvement in atrocities in his writings ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ historian ⓘ soldier ⓘ
participatedIn	Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ
positionHeld	regimental commander in 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich ⓘ regimental commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 Der Führer ⓘ
viewedAs	apologist for the Waffen-SS ⓘ controversial figure in historiography of the Waffen-SS ⓘ

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