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.

Nazi Hess’s bones removed

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.

He hanged himself at age 93 in West Berlin’s Spandau prison, and was buried in his family’s plot.

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