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Another significant revisionist voice has fallen silent - Wilf Heink dies

Published by carolyn on Mon, 2016-05-30 14:03

A GERMAN-CANADIAN WHO EMIGRATED IN 1959 with his wife and 1-year old child, Wilfried Heink took his last breath on the morning of Wednesday, April 27 – one month ago – a victim of cancer at the age of 79. Less than two months prior, Bradley Smith passed away at age 86 from the same affliction.

Wilf, as he liked to be called, was not as well known as Bradley, but was equally a friend to many because of his desire to be helpful in any way he could. First and foremost to me, he was a talented and committed revisionist who brought to the discipline the decided advantage of being a native-born German who spoke English as his second language. He generously gave of this ability by doing translation work for free. Many of his own articles are based on writings in German that are inaccessible to most of us, and of which he translated substantial sections that greatly expand our knowledge and help our understanding.