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Sylt is an island in northern Germany, part of Nordfriesland district, Schleswig-Holstein, with a distinctively shaped shoreline. It belongs to the North Frisian Islands and is the largest island in N
September 2013 aerial photograph of Sylt
An armoured concrete groyne at Westerland
Concrete tetrapods in Westerland
Geotextile sand cushions successfully protected the historic house Kliffende on Sylt against storms, which strongly eroded the cliffs on the north and south sides of the sand cushion barrier (1999).
Heinz Reinefarth
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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
Sylt
…Anita Rée (1885–1933) a German-Jewish painter, lived and worked here Heinz Reinefarth (1903–1979) a German SS commander during World War II and government official in West Germany after the war. During the Warsaw Uprising of August 1944…
Heinz Reinefarth
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)