The DISTURBING Exhumation Of Rudolf Hess

During the Second World War, Rudolf Hess was considered Hitler’s number 2 and Deputy Fuhrer. However he would fall from grace shockingly and spectacularly after a flight to Scotland that was intended to bring peace talks to Britain. But Hess was a strange individual, and was one inside of Hitler’s inner circle that attracted criticism from others such as Hermann Goring, but he was brought to trial and faced possible execution at the Nuremberg trials at the end of the war. But Hess was sentenced to life imprisonment, and he is considered the ’Last Nazi,’ who was held inside of Spandau Prison where he died at the age of 93. However after his death, he was exhumed from his grave a number of times. The local German authorities became concerned about Hess being venerated by Nazi groups, and he was first exhumed months after his burial and was moved to a family grave plot. However in 2011 he was exhumed for a final time due to activities and behaviour which was occurring around his grave. His
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