"It is necessary that I should die for my people; but my Spirit will rise from the grave, and the world will know that I was right."
So spoke Adolf Hitler shortly before his death April 30, 1945.
Sixty-three years later, National Socialists around the world — from Munich to Milwaukee, from Helsinki to Houston, from St. Louis to St. Petersburg — paused Wednesday to remember the remarkable figure who sacrificed his life in the closing days of World War II.
Recalling his final words, they stood in homes, offices and workplaces at the exact hour of his death to pay silent tribute for 88 seconds to the Führer, whom they consider immortal.
Some lit candles. Some brought out banners and pictures of the Leader. Still others simply stood silently and saluted.
In remarks for the occasion, the head of the World Union of National Socialists and the NEW ORDER, Matt Koehl, called the death of Hitler "the fulfillment of an earthly mission in the struggle for a better world yet to come."
"[The German Leader] lived for Aryankind. He died for Aryankind. And only now are we beginning to understand who it actually was who stood in our midst a few short decades ago."
The Hitler commemoration is the second in a three-part cycle honoring the birth, death and spiritual resurrection of the Führer through his Movement.
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