Neo-Nazis Mark Death of Hitler Deputy Hess
Thousands of right-wing extremists marked the 15th anniversary of the death of Adolf Hitler’s deputy Rudolf Hess by marching through the southern German town of Wunsiedel, where he is buried.
Several hundred police officers flanked 3,000 neo-Nazis, many of whom carried pictures of Hess and waved banners.
Hess was sentenced to life in prison at the Nuremberg war crimes trials. He hanged himself in Berlin’s Spandau prison on Aug. 17, 1987. Police said they had sealed off the cemetery where Hess is buried and made 34 arrests, mostly for possession of Nazi symbols and weapons.
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