Name Reinhold Elstner | ||
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Died April 26, 1995, Munich, Germany |
Neo Nazi Memorial in Munich, Germany April 25, 2011
Reinhold Elstner, born 1920 in Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic), was a German Wehrmacht veteran and Diplom Chemist who poured petrol over himself and committed suicide at about 8 pm on April 25, 1995, on the steps of Munich's historical Feldherrnhalle, in protest against what he called "the ongoing official slander and demonization of the German people and German soldiers 50 years after the end of World War II". Twelve hours later, on April 26, he died in a Munich hospital.
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- Neo Nazi Memorial in Munich Germany April 25 2011
- Reinhold elstner setzte ein fanal gegen den deutschenhass
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In a farewell letter, he wrote:





In his letter, he also describes the existence of gas chambers in Nazi concentration camps as "fairy tales".
Each year groups from various European countries try to hold a commemorative ceremony for him, which Bavarian authorities try to prevent through state and federal courts.