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It seems that all Nazis sentenced to life in prison after the war were released by the 1960s, with the sole exception of Rudolf Hess, who was still incarcerated when he died in 1987. What reasons were given to not release Hess?

by /u/masiakasaurus in /r/AskHistorians

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