Heinrich "Heinz" Friedrich Reinefarth 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 committe
Polish civilians murdered in the Wola massacre. Warsaw, August 1944.
Memorial plaque commemorating the Warsaw Uprising at Westerland Town Hall on Sylt (inaugurated in 2014)
Around six million Polish citizens are estimated to have perished during World War II. Most were civilians killed by the actions of Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian Security Police, as w
Auschwitz II-Birkenau
German and Soviet army officers pictured shaking hands; Invasion of Poland, September 1939
Execution of 56 Polish civilians in Bochnia during the German takeover of Poland, 18 December 1939
Public execution of 10 Polish hostages by German troops in Gąbin, 15 June 1941