City Removes Bones of Rudolf Hess From Grave & Burn Them

[Jake46184]

Bones of Hitler deputy Rudolf Hess exhumed, burned | The Indianapolis Star | indystar.com

Saw this on The Star's site. What do you think? A good way to avoid potential trouble or a city showing its weak-spined leadership?

 

[Denny347]

They should have done that from the beginning.

 

[Westside]

The article said the burial plot lease was about to be up for renewal . So there is many sides to the story. To be honest the guys been dead since 87 who cares.

 

[Expat]

I saw this on Supernatural. They do this sort of thing for bad ghosts, vengeful spirits, that sort of thing. So I assume the guy had been out creeping around at night. Not much choice at that point.

 

[Hoosier8]

Who cares. Looks like the family concurred with the decision. Who are we to question?

Hess was considered to be the red headed stepchild of the Hitler regime and basically ended up being an obscure part of the Hitler history.

 

[theweakerbrother]

They should have done that from the beginning.

They should have done that to him before he had a chance to die.

 

[rambone]

Somebody owned the plot. Should be their decision.

Property rights.

 

[tenring]

Never did hear the truth about the Rudolph Hess situation, seems all of the files mysteriously disappeared hears ago. Hmmmm.

 

[Phil502]

Seems strange, the guy lives to 93, then hangs himself? I wonder what was going on in his mind. Weirdo Nazis will find a reason and place to meet anyway.

 

[RockofStrength]

Congrats, now he's truly most sincerely dead

 

[spec4]

The guy defects and is rewarded with life in prison. Lots of unanswered (at least for me) questions here, but at this point only footnotes to history.

 

[redneckmedic]

Soul-less body, no longer the temple.... seems more like a delayed cremation to me.

 

[lrahm]

Like many dead leaders, his cause still goes to this day. Nazism is still alive. If the bones were dug up and destroyed, That means no place for a shrine. That was the best thing that happened to Hitler and to Bin Laden.

 

[jeremy]

Sigh....

WFC?!

 

[CarmelHP]

The guy defects and is rewarded with life in prison. Lots of unanswered (at least for me) questions here, but at this point only footnotes to history.

The supposed purpose of his flying to England was to negotiate a peace and an alliance against the Soviets. Stalin was deeply suspicious and the Soviets hated Hess with a passion and blocked his release from Spandau for decades. Also, under the 4-power agreement the Soviets got 3 months of the year guard duty rotations at Spandau inside the Federal Republic. The rumor sprang up after Hess' death that the Western powers killed him in order to finally close Spandau.