Rudolf Hess
A community portal about Rudolf Hess with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Walter Richard Rudolf Hess was a prominent figure in Nazi Germany, acting as Adolf Hitler's deputy in the Nazi Party. On the eve of war with... [more]
A community portal about Rudolf Hess with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Walter Richard Rudolf Hess was a prominent figure in Nazi Germany, acting as Adolf Hitler's deputy in the Nazi Party. On the eve of war with the Soviet Union, he flew to Scotland in an attempt to negotiate peace, but was arrested. He was tried at Nuremberg and sentenced to life in prison where he died in 1987 by suicide. He has become a figure of veneration among neo-Nazis and anti-Semites.
Udo Pastoers: far-right German leader charged with inciting racial hatred
During a February speech in Saarbruecken, Pastoers derided Germany as a "Judenrepublik" - or Jews' Republic - and described the country as "USrael's" puppet.
Pastoers has also targeted Turks - Germany's largest minority group. He warned that the Turkish birth rate threatens Germany. In a crude reference to Turkish reproduction he used the graphic term "semen canons" in an effort to get his point across.
State prosecutors in the southwestern city of Saarbruecken laid the charges against Pastoers. His case could make it to court before the end of the year. If convicted he could face up to four years in prison.
There has been an increase in support for the far-right in Germany - mainly in the east. In Dresden earlier this year, upwards of 8,000 neo-Nazis showed up to mark the 64th anniversary of the Allied bombing of the city - link here for photos.
in Dresden
Pastoers' fascist connections aren't restricted to Germany. He is known to have visited a Chilean community known as Colonia Dignidad.
The colony was founded in 1961 by an ex-Nazi named Paul Schäfer who was on the run from child abuse charges in Germany. Nazi concentration camp doctor, Josef Mengele, is known to have spent time at the colony.
During the Pinochet years it is believed that Colonia Dignidad was used as a detention and torture center (1973-1977).
Udo Pastoers' admiration for the Nazis is best illustrated by comments he made about Rudolf Hess. the deputy to Adolf Hitler. He described Hess as "an absolute idealist" comparable with Mahatma Gandhi.
Huffington Post coverage - here.
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