Bones of Hitler deputy exhumed, burned - Yahoo! News 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 told The Associated Press on Thursday that the bones were exhumed early Wednesday. Andreas Fabel says the remains were cremated and the ashes scattered into a lake whose name is being kept secret.
I read that as well, I'm glad the family agreed to the exhumation/cremation and dispersal of the ashes. The neo-Nazis don't need another reason to make pilgrimages to former Nazi leaders. It does surprise me a little that they would "honor" Hess after Hitler himself had disowned the man. I remain pleased that the object of their admiration has been dispensed with however.
I don't get why they dump nazi ashes into the lake. At some point arn't the locals going to drink that water? Who wants a nice cold glass of water with a hint of hatred huh? Why don't they just throw it out in the dumpster or dump it in the local landfill. Who will protest inhumain treatment? Certainly not the jews!
Probably for the same reason all the Nuremberg defendants who were executed (and Goering as well) and cremated at one of their own KZ crematoriums BTW, were dumped in rivers to disperse their ashes. I know you were just pulling a "funny", but dumping the ashes of dead Nazis into large or flowing bodies of water is standard operating procedure. Even Eichmann was cremated and his ashes dumped in the Med. off the coast of Israel.
I suppose it must have been difficult for his familly to get an agreement that would satisfy them all. Some must have thought twice about it. This is probably they waited for the next generation. Their final decision is all the more admirable and wise.
Maybe the reason they pilgrimage to his grave site is how many key Nazi Leaders have grave sites. I know of Rommel and Hess; nobody else. So why haven't they done it to Rommel's. Is he looked in a different view because of his beliefs. Erwin Rommel's Grave in Herrlingen, Germany‏ - YouTube
I find it pretty sad when a democracy has to resort to "destroying symbols" to "keep a lid" on a group of borderline crackpots. Still this is probably better than the alternatves. My favourite outcome would have been the crackpots realizing how stupid there are and dissolving in shame (but then if they had some of common sense and decency they would not be neo-nazis right?.
No it doesn't, or their knowledge on the subject...proving yet again that they aren't nazi lovers...they are disenfranchised youth...young men are dangerous, just look at the stats (and the medical journals - the most dangerous drug in the world is testosterone) - They feel powerful, need a an outlet...they are (usually) poor and lack a propper education...they have these feelings and no outlet for them...some take up all sorts of things, some are drawn to something (like gangs) that gives them a sense of belonging, comradeship and for the first time in their lives makes them feel right, feel proud of themselves, feel powerful...feel righteous. Its a sign of the civilisation and where youth are placed within it...VERY few are genuine Nazi lovers...its hard to love something that one knows little about. A simple way of explaining it is "they hate their lives and want something to hang their loathing on instead of themselves..." Some people blame their parents for their sucky lives, some blame the system or the government, some blame luck...and some clutch at straws and blame a minority for where they are at in life...Again i say this is not a Nazi thing... And yes Hess would not be a man to follow for the Neos...he was considered a traitor to the cause...Silly D#ckheads...
The death sentences are carried out on October 16, 1946, with two exceptions: Goering committed suicide shortly before his scheduled execution, and Bormann remained missing. The other 10 defendants are hanged, their bodies cremated, and the ashes deposited in the Iser River. Goto: The Nuremberg Trials Now in another book (not online), is a reference to all the bodies including Goering's being cremated at KZ of Dachau.
Hatred is not water soluble. It's a thing of the spirit and that part of Hess is burning in Hell right now. I would think a simple flush down the toilet would be sufficient.
Under normal circumstances, I was taught by my parents to speak well of the dead. However, in the case of Rudolf Hess, I'll have to make an exception: "Good riddance to bad rubbish."
Rommel wasn't actually a member of the Nazi party. He disagreed with Hitler and had the solid-titanium cajones to stand up to him and tell him the truth, not just what he wanted to hear. But Rommel got results, despite a lack of supplies (audacity will carry you quite a ways, apparently), so Hitler didn't have him killed. Until his name was discovered in conjunction with the Valkyrie plot (the only positive outcome of which, I'm convinced, was that we got to see Tom Cruise shot some 65 years later). So, while Rommel was an excellent German and very much dedicated to his country, he wasn't a Nazi.
Neo-Nazi graves serve one purpose that I can think of... They provide a place where consistent pilgrims to the site can be photographed and identified on CCTV. All the better to cut out these people from the mainstream in some way, and have them on file for future use. You've got to give these fools a rallying point, if only to keep an eye on them.
