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Rally to mark anniversary of Hitler's deputy Hess banned (Germany)

Germany’s highest court today banned a far-right rally marking this week’s anniversary of the death of Adolf Hitler’s deputy, Rudolf Hess.

The Karlsruhe-based court upheld the local authorities’ decision to ban the demonstration and rejected an emergency appeal by Juergen Rieger, a member of the right-wing NPD party who had requested permission for a rally in the southern town of Wunsiedel where Hess was buried 20 years ago.

Hess hanged himself at age 93 in Spandau Prison in then-West Berlin on August 17, 1987, after nearly 41 years as a prisoner.
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