Germany removes grave of leading Nazi

German authorities have exhumed the remains of Adolf Hitler's Nazi party deputy, Rudolf Hess, "in preparation for burial at sea", Deutsche Welle reports.

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German authorities have exhumed the remains of Adolf Hitler's Nazi party deputy, Rudolf Hess, "in preparation for burial at sea", Deutsche Welle reports. Hess was buried in Wunsiedel, Bavaria, in 1987, after he died in prison. Germany removes grave of leading Nazi He received a life sentence for his role in the genocidal German regime of the Third Reich. The Nuremberg trials found him guilty of "crimes against peace and conspiracy to plan an aggressive war". The decision to exhume Hess' remains, cremate them and bury them at the sea at an unknown location comes in order to prevent the grave from becoming a "pilgrimage site" for modern-day supporters of the Nazi ideology in Germany. Deutsche Welle also reports that "the lease on the grave site was coming up for renewal, but the local church council decided not to extend it", while the Hess family agreed with the move. (Beta)

Germany removes grave of leading Nazi

He received a life sentence for his role in the genocidal German regime of the Third Reich.

The Nuremberg trials found him guilty of "crimes against peace and conspiracy to plan an aggressive war".

The decision to exhume Hess' remains, cremate them and bury them at the sea at an unknown location comes in order to prevent the grave from becoming a "pilgrimage site" for modern-day supporters of the Nazi ideology in Germany.

Deutsche Welle also reports that "the lease on the grave site was coming up for renewal, but the local church council decided not to extend it", while the Hess family agreed with the move.

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