# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heinz-reinefarth
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:16:49.527Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/heinz-reinefarth"
name: "Heinz Reinefarth"
slug: "heinz-reinefarth"
description: "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 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."
tagline: "German SS general (1903-1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heinz_Reinefarth.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1903-12-26"
deathDate: "1979-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.14969866666667
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump