AN UNREPENTANT NAZI
A British journalist’s recent report on the former deputy-Fuehrer, Herr Rudolf Hess—“still an unrepentant Nazi”—claimed that he was “in a rural retreat many miles from the ducal mansion where he recuperated from the injuries received in his historic parachute jump,” and added: “During his stay in the Scottish castle, Herr Hess disturbed the ducal calm somewhat by insisting that he was on a special mission and demanding to see important personages. “There was one person he expressed a strong desire to avoid, however —Mr. Winston Churchill. He fumed at the fact that he was being kept prisoner. He acted as one who had blind faith in his mission, whatever it was.” Herr Hess' was said to have fully recovered from his injuries and to be doing a lot of reading in his new home. He “never omits the Nazi salute and still clicks his heels in the Prussian manner and growls Heil Hitler/ ”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20602, 1 November 1941, Page 5
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156AN UNREPENTANT NAZI Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20602, 1 November 1941, Page 5
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