News, Official: KGB chief ordered Hitler's remains destroyed. (events, Russian, German)

[JD59]

Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- The remains of Adolf Hitler were burned in 1970 by Soviet KGB agents and thrown into a river in Germany on direct orders from the spy agency's chief, a top Russian security official said this week.

The head archivist of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) -- the successor to the former Soviet Union's KGB -- confirmed for the first time the chain of events that led to the disposal of Hitler's body, and who ordered the operation, in an exclusive interview with Russia's Interfax news agency.

Official: KGB chief ordered Hitler's remains destroyed - CNN.com

[J'aimeDesVilles]

I read this story this morning. Pretty wild. I was already alive by 1970. I guess I understand why the Soviets did this, fearing his burial place becoming a "shrine" for the nutcases.

[ovcatto]

Funny, but I've never for once considered that there would be, in effect, remains of the remains which is what we are talking about.

[noetsi]

It makes sense. He likely was worried about neo-nazi groups in Germany (or in Russia itself) using the remains to rally support.