Dirlewanger was arrested on 1 June 1945 near the town of Altshausen in Upper Swabia by the French occupation zone authorities while he was wearing civilian clothes and hiding under a false name in a remote hunting lodge, reportedly recognised by a former Jewish concentration camp inmate, and brought to a detention centre. He died around 5–7 June 1945 in a prison camp at Altshausen, probably as a result of ill-treatment.[1][26][27]