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German opinion divided on Hess death and legacy
After Rudolf Hess killed himself in Spandau Prison, West German letters to newspapers split between condemning the Nazi deputy and praising him as a martyr. Debates centered on Allied mercy, Hess’s guilt, and the symbol he became for postwar Germans and neo Nazi sympathizers.
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Frankfurt
West Germany
Rudolf Hess
Hitler
Hess
West Berlin
Spandau
Adolf Hitler
Ner
Maria Buske
Berlin
Morgenpost
Ingeborg Heller
Scotland
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Britain
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Soviet Union
Ulrike Kraemer
Bielefelder
Wilhelm Hoernicke
Eschborn
der Spiegel
Rolf Pienka
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