"One of the men responsible for the brutal suppression of the Warsaw Uprising was Heinz Reinefarth. Like so many Germans, he was never held responsible for his crimes, but was elected as mayor of Westerland (Sylt) and a member of the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag after the Second World War. "
Franziska Davies82 years ago, the biggest and longest uprising against Germany in occupied Europe during the Second World War began. In the latest edition of my newsletter, I have written about the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, which, in German memory culture, remains rather marginal.