Scene collects for relatives Neo-Nazi falls to his death on Hitler's favorite mountain
A 37-year-old neo-Nazi from Bavaria has died in an accident on the Untersberg. The mountain has a special significance in the right-wing scene.
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- On September 29, a 37-year-old man died in an accident on the Untersberg mountain on the German-Austrian border.
- It is now known: The victim was a leading neo-Nazi.
- The Untersberg is considered Adolf Hitler's favorite mountain.
A leading Bavarian neo-Nazi has had an accident while hiking and fallen to his death - on Hitler's alleged favorite mountain of all places. The Untersberg on the German-Austrian border has been a symbolic place for the right-wing scene for years.
The accident happened on September 29. The police report from that time describes the course of the accident: a 37-year-old man slipped on a rain-soaked root and fell more than 60 meters over partly vertical terrain.
Several helicopters were deployed. Two of the man's companions were in such a state of shock that they were unable to descend independently and had to be flown out.
Appeal for donations from like-minded people
It is now known that the victim is Andreas M., a board member of the neo-Nazi party "Der III. Weg" party. His identity became public after right-wing extremist companions called for donations, as reported by "t-online".
According to the report, Andreas M. left behind his wife and a child born in June. His comrades had recently collected money for the family and for a memorial plaque on the mountain in various right-wing extremist groups on Telegram and Facebook.