Otto Weidinger ( 27 May 1914 – 10 January 1990 ) was a member of the Waffen-SS in Nazi Germany and a regimental commander in the SS Division Das Reich during World War II . In this capacity , he was involved in the Oradour massacre in France in June 1944 . He was the author of a revisionist account of the division 's history , produced under the auspices of HIAG , a Waffen-SS lobby group in post-war West Germany
Oradour massacre
Oradour-sur-Glane massacre
Otto Weidinger