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Rudolf Hess’s Remains Removed From Grave
NY Times ^ | July 21, 2011 | JUDY DEMPSEY

Posted on 07/21/2011 12:59:36 PM PDT by americanophile

BERLIN — The bones of Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler’s deputy, have been exhumed and disposed of because his grave in the small Bavarian town of Wunsiedel had become a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis, the town’s mayor said in an interview on Thursday.

Karl-Willi Beck, 56, who has been mayor of Wunsiedel since 2002, said the cemetery administrators removed Hess’s remains and his gravestone early Wednesday.

“It was the right thing to do,” Mr. Beck said.

He added that the bones would be cremated and scattered over a lake, but he gave no other details.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Germany
KEYWORDS: grave; rudolphhess
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Well...bye.
1 posted on 07/21/2011 12:59:39 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


2 posted on 07/21/2011 1:04:42 PM PDT by americanophile ("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives" - Ataturk)
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To: americanophile

Wasn’t Hess a rather low level functionary? I remember reading somewhere he parachuted into England against orders from his Nut Boss to try and arrange an armistice and was arrested.

I’m surprised there are a significant number of Neo Nazis still around.


3 posted on 07/21/2011 1:05:30 PM PDT by ZULU (Lindsey Graham is a nanometrical pustule of pusillanimous putrescence)
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To: americanophile

Big whoop...Just do it...Don;t give them any advertisement!!


4 posted on 07/21/2011 1:08:05 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: ZULU

No, he was Deputy Fuhrer - essentially second in commmand to Hitler.


5 posted on 07/21/2011 1:08:40 PM PDT by americanophile ("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives" - Ataturk)
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To: americanophile

Really. A top Nut.


6 posted on 07/21/2011 1:13:03 PM PDT by ZULU (Lindsey Graham is a nanometrical pustule of pusillanimous putrescence)
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To: americanophile

Deputy Fuhrers.....weren’t Goering, Bormann also considered *deputy* Fuhrers???


7 posted on 07/21/2011 1:14:05 PM PDT by Victor (If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
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To: americanophile

Wouldn’t neonazis consider Hess to be a traitor? (Not that I expect them to be logical)


8 posted on 07/21/2011 1:33:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: americanophile

Whatever purpose Hess had in flying to England it must have been very embarrasing.
After being held incommunicado for half a century, now even his bones have been erased.


9 posted on 07/21/2011 1:37:45 PM PDT by nkycincinnatikid
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To: Victor

Did anyone catch the excellent series on The History Channel last night The Third Reich. Lots of color home movies taken by Nazi drones during the Third Reich’s reign of terror over Germany and the world 1933 to 1945. Reminds me of alot of Obama supporters today, lots of suspension of reality and worship of a man just like today. Wife and I sat transfixed for 2 hours, scary you could substitute Hitler for Obama and close your eyes and it would be just as relevant. The same phraseology..”Correct the mistakes of the past”, “Return to prosperity”, “Hope for a new...”. We are living in 1932 Germany right now, Obama is getting ready to light the match on the Reichstag and blame it on Rich whites, Isreali Jews, etc. Obama’s SA is the thugs in the civil right movement and the unions, his SS is Holder and the DOJ and armies of bureaucrats in the alphabet agencies terrorizing our citizenry. Hitler only got 1/3 of the vote in 1933 but he parlayed that through thuggery like the Kenyan into a Dictatorship. 1/3 of our populace is ready to sell their soul to Satan and have Obama be a Dictator, including the death camps,public executions,no free press. Read the tenants of the Weathermen(William Ayers and Obama mentor), it includes genocide and mass murder..right here in America.


10 posted on 07/21/2011 1:45:02 PM PDT by pburgh01
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To: ZULU

He doesn’t seem like the type to have pilgrimages for, but given what happened to some of the other top leaders, not many places for them to worship.


11 posted on 07/21/2011 1:51:20 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: Sacajaweau

Denying history has always worked so well. They could have made his grave a public toilet or dumpster to provide a just remembrance and insure that Hess and his kind belong in the ash bin of history.

We all need to recall the dangers of an all powerful government, no matter what the label.


12 posted on 07/21/2011 1:51:20 PM PDT by Steamburg (The contents of your wallet is the only language Politicians understand.)
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To: americanophile
Wasn’t Hess a rather low level functionary?

Nothing of the sort. Hess and Hitler went back together as fellow occultists in the Thule Society. From the occultist Thule society, Hess helped Hitler transform the occultic German Workers into the occult based nazi party.

Hess and Hitler were in prison together following the Beer Hall Putsch. While in prison together, Hitler dictated and Hess wrote Mein Kampf.

Hess ultimately rose to be third in command behind Herman Goering.

On the eve of Operation Barbarossa, Hess took off on a solo mission to England that remains shrouded in official secrecy but ostensibly, he was attempting to secure Germany's flank in anticipation of the invasion of Russia.

Because the objective of Operation Barbarossa was the capitulation of Russia in 1941, all Germany needed from England was assurance that no major offensive would be launched at Germany's flank, or North Africa in 1941. To what extent England complied will never be known but for certain, no major British offensive action took place in 1941 against the Germans.

13 posted on 07/21/2011 1:52:18 PM PDT by fso301
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To: nkycincinnatikid
Paying homage to dead nazis: not okay.

Enabling living nazis like jihadis: not only okay but politically correct.

14 posted on 07/21/2011 1:53:59 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Victor; americanophile
Deputy Fuhrers.....weren’t Goering, Bormann also considered *deputy* Fuhrers???

By 1940, Hess was third in command behind Herman Goering.

15 posted on 07/21/2011 1:54:31 PM PDT by fso301
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To: nkycincinnatikid
Whatever purpose Hess had in flying to England it must have been very embarrasing. After being held incommunicado for half a century, now even his bones have been erased.

Hess flew to England on the eve of Operation barbarossa. The overall objective of Operation Barbarossa was the capitulation of Russia in 1941. What Germany needed from England was assurance that no major offensive action would be taken against the Reich in 1941.

When we look back, Britain took no major offensive action against German forces in 1941. Coincidence, or not??

16 posted on 07/21/2011 1:59:53 PM PDT by fso301
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But don’t worry, neo-Nazis. Hess’s skull will be stored with the skulls of the other Nazi leaders, at Yale’s Skull and Bones society.

They need those skulls for their...rituals.

http://www.pbfcomics.com/archive_b/PBF154-Zuthulus_Resurrection.jpg


17 posted on 07/21/2011 2:01:56 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: americanophile

Just cremate him and give his ashes to his family.


18 posted on 07/21/2011 2:12:25 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: fso301
Because the objective of Operation Barbarossa was the capitulation of Russia in 1941, all Germany needed from England was assurance that no major offensive would be launched at Germany's flank, or North Africa in 1941. To what extent England complied will never be known but for certain, no major British offensive action took place in 1941 against the Germans.

In 1941, the Brits did capture Tobruk and Mogadishu, and did invade Iran, Syria, and Iraq. As a matter of fact, I believe the invasion of Syria and Iraq occurred the same month that Germany kicked off Operation Barbarossa. Of course the Brits were pushed back by the Germans to Egypt in May, which was a month or two before Operation Barbarossa. The Brits still scared the hell out of the Germans by nearly cutting off their fuel supplies.

Given that Britain lost the heavy equipment for nearly 350,000 soldiers at Dunkirk in the middle of 1940, and how much support they were sending to Australia, it's actually amazing how active they were in the Middle East and North Africa in 1941. They were getting plenty of gear from us, but making up the Dunkirk losses really took a lot out of them for a while. Then again, it's a lot easier to replace gear than men, and for them to get nearly 350,000 British and French soldiers out of Dunkirk was still one of the most amazing things to happen in the war.
19 posted on 07/21/2011 2:12:52 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: americanophile

So basically he was Hitler’s Joe Biden.


20 posted on 07/21/2011 2:16:22 PM PDT by rottndog (Be Prepared for what's coming AFTER America....)
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