Oskar Dirlewanger is a case in point, a man whose vaulting ambition and sadistic cruelty facilitated his rapid rise from imprisoned pedophile to senior officer in the Waffen-SS, leading a private army of poachers, penal troops and foreign collaborators.

Thank you for this source. I shall add into the list. I do have to say that you may catch some hate from the stormcuckers posting here.