Русская версияIn nearby Warmensteinach, around 2,000 gathered for a more general
protest against the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) and
to demonstrate against the sale of a local cafe to the NPD.
From 2001 to 2004, German right-wing extremists gathered in
Wunsiedel to mark the day of Hess's death which falls on Aug.
17,
until a court ban put a stop to the celebrations. Hess lies buried
in the northern Bavarian town.
The Wunsiedel democracy festival was being held for the fourth year
in a row to express support for the ban, which the right wing has
tried to overturn.
Local police said NPD supporters had largely adhered to the court
ban. Three carloads of party supporters had been stopped and told
to turn around, a police spokesman said.
After World War II, Hess, who was Hitler's deputy until flying on a
mysterious mission to Britain in 1941, received a life sentence at
the Nuremberg Trials. He hanged himself at the age of 93 in Spandau
prison in Berlin in1987.
(Deutsche Welle)
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