Nazi Hess’s bones removed

THE bones of Adolf Hitler’s deputy, Rudolf Hess, have been removed from their grave in a small Bavarian town after it became a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis.

The administrator of the cemetery in Wunsiedel, Andreas Fabel, says the bones were exhumed and the remains were cremated with the ashes scattered into a lake whose name is being kept secret.

Hess was captured in 1941 when he parachuted into Scotland on a bizarre mission to negotiate peace between Britain and Germany. The attempt was denounced by Hitler.