On January 29 , 1944 Heinz Reinefarth was assigned as SS and Police Leader in Reichsgau Wartheland ( Polish Great Poland Voivodeship annexed by Germany in 1939 ) . In this post he was responsible for the organised repression against Poles and other nationalities deprived of all rights by Germany . After the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising , Reinefarth was ordered to organise a military unit from the 16th Police Company and other smaller security units and head for Warsaw . Upon arrival , his forces were included in the Korpsgruppe Von Dem Bach of General Erich von dem Bach who was ordered by Himmler to quell the rebellion . From August 5 , 1944 Reinefarth 's group took part in fighting in the Wola area . In several days , his and Oskar Dirlewanger 's soldiers executed approximately 40,000 civilian inhabitants of Warsaw in what is now known as the Wola massacre . The Wola killings were mostly inflicted by elements of Kampfgruppe Reinefarth that assaulted the area held by the insurgents from the west
Wola massacre
Wola massacre
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