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Heinz Reinefarth

1903 - 1979

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Heinz Reinefarth (26 December 1903 – 7 May 1979) was a German SS commander during World War II and government official in West Germany after the war. During the Warsaw Uprising of August 1944 his troops committed numerous atrocities. After the war, Reinefarth became the mayor of the town of Westerland, on the isle of Sylt, and member of the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag. Polish demands for extradition were never accepted, and Reinefarth was never convicted of any war crime. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinz Reinefarth is the 642nd most popular military personnel (down from 623rd in 2019), the 336th most popular biography from Poland (down from 321st in 2019) and the 29th most popular Polish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Heinz Reinefarth ranks 642 out of 2,058. Before him are Huang Gai, Surena, Thersites, Archelaus, Maurice Sarrail, and Yigael Yadin. After him are Hisaichi Terauchi, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, Ugo Cavallero, Viktor Pavičić, Richard Winters, and Roger of Lauria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Heinz Reinefarth ranks 86. Before him are Evelyn Waugh, Sadegh Hedayat, Prince Nicholas of Romania, Lou Gehrig, Mikhail Kalatozov, and Alice Herz-Sommer. After him are Fritz Bauer, Bob Hope, Henry Corbin, Charlotte Perriand, Nico Diederichs, and Werner Ostendorff. Among people deceased in 1979, Heinz Reinefarth ranks 60. Before him are Richard Rodgers, Charles W. Morris, Walther Gerlach, Pier Luigi Nervi, Michael Wilding, and Rudi Dutschke. After him are Nicos Poulantzas, Nereo Rocco, Konstantin Simonov, Yuen Siu-tien, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, and Ali Hassan Salameh.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Heinz Reinefarth ranks 336 out of 1,694. Before him are Kurt Tank (1898), Bolesław V the Chaste (1226), Eberhard von Mackensen (1889), Fritz London (1900), Leopold Trepper (1904), and Franciszek Macharski (1927). After him are Ivan Vyhovsky (1608), Barbara Brylska (1941), Roman Dmowski (1864), Maximilian von Prittwitz (1848), Walther Nehring (1892), and Lestek (870).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland

Among military personnels born in Poland, Heinz Reinefarth ranks 29. Before him are Otto von Below (1857), Elisabeth Volkenrath (1919), Hans-Jürgen Stumpff (1889), Erich Fellgiebel (1886), Rüdiger von der Goltz (1865), and Eberhard von Mackensen (1889). After him are Maximilian von Prittwitz (1848), Walther Nehring (1892), Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz (1893), Karol Świerczewski (1897), Casimir Pulaski (1745), and Helmuth von Pannwitz (1898).

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