Nazi Rudolf Hess exhumed‎ to be burnt

Last Updated on Thursday, 21 July 2011 22:43 Thursday, 21 July 2011 22:22

By: fanatic

Rudolf Hess, a Nazi and once deputy fuherer to Hitler, has been exhumed from his grave in Wunsiedel, a town in Bavaria, Germany. Hess spent time in prison with Hitler and helped the lunatic write Mein Kampf while in prison. When they were released, Hess was appointed deputy. He famously flew his Messerschmitt fighter plane to Britain in 1941 to negotiate a truce with the English as war was about to break out between Germany and Russia. Britain imprisoned him and Hitler disowned him.

He was put on trial with other nazis at the Nuremburg trials and sentenced to prison where he spent 40 years. In 1987, at the age of 93, Hess committed suicide and conspiracy theories still rage why Hess would commit suicide at such an old age and after so long in prison. He was the only person in Spandau prison in the British controlled section of Berlin when he died.

His remains were exhumed due to Nazis turning his grave into a shrine. The Mayor of Wunsidel said that up to 7,000 Nazis make the trip each year to the grave, salute and dub anti-jewish slogans on nearby walls. Hess is one of the few nazis to have a grave - the others at the Nuremburg trials were cremated to prevent shrines to the nazis popping up.

In Germany, graves are typically leased to the family for maybe 30-40 years at which time the bodies are exhumed and cremated or the lease renewed if the family and Church agree. It seems in this case, Hess's grand-daughter applied for a new 20 year lease but was convinced by family, church and the council to allow cremation and the remains to be scattered at sea.

"At least the pilgrimage site for the radical right has been removed," said Mayor, Karl-Will Beck. "The grave no longer exists."