A prominent German neo-Nazi plunged 200 feet to his death while hiking on what is believed to be Hitler’s favorite mountain.
Andreas M, 37, from Freising, was considered one of Bavaria’s leading neo-Nazis.
He died on September 29 while climbing the Untersberg mountain with an international group of 30 people, the Berchtesgadener Land district Red Cross association confirmed.
The 1,972 m high mountain was known to be the favorite sight of Adolf Hitler, who converted his Berghof holiday home on the opposite slope of the Obersalzberg mountain into his residence.
But when the group of hikers was about to descend from the summit called Störhaus, Andreas M. slipped on a wet root and stumbled 200 feet across partially vertical rocky terrain to the Dongus-Marterl, where he was fatally injured on the way.
Andreas M, 37, from Freising, was known as one of Bavaria’s leading neo-Nazis before he died on the Untersberg mountain.
The 37-year-old man was coming down from Stöhrhaus when he slipped on a wet root and fell 60 meters.
An emergency doctor sent by helicopter confirmed that Andreas had died immediately.
Andreas stumbled 60 meters down partially vertical rocky terrain
Two companions and two other hikers on the trail, a trainee doctor and a police officer, immediately called the emergency services and attempted to rescue the 37-year-old man by resuscitating him.
The crew of the rescue helicopter ‘Christoph 14’, which had been alerted at the same time as the mountain rescue services in Bad Reichenhall and Teisendorf-Anger, within a few minutes brought the emergency doctor to the patient with the help of the rescue elevator, but the doctor could only confirm the death of the young man
The helicopter then took three mountain rescuers and two police mountain guides to the accident site and took the doctor back to the valley.
Two accompanying climbers were also taken to the valley by a rescue helicopter and the crisis intervention team took charge of the distressed group.
Andreas was one of the leading figures in the Bavarian regional association of the far-right Third Way party.
He was treasurer and advisor of the regional association of the small neo-Nazi party.
Andreas reportedly left behind a wife and a son who was born in June, according to Merkur.
The Untersberg mountain was known as Adolf Hitler’s favorite for its views.
Undated file photo of Hitler’s ‘Berghof’ (mountain house) near Berchtesgaden, southern Germany
Andreas, a neo-Nazi, died on September 29 on what is believed to be Adolf Hitler’s favorite mountain.
Requests for donations for the family and for a commemorative plaque on the mountain have circulated in recent days, especially in various far-right groups on Telegram and Facebook.
The Prisoners’ Aid Circle of Friends, formed by imprisoned neo-Nazis and other right-wing groups, shared the message: “His death hits us all hard.”
“I ask you to support a girl who will never know her father,” it also says on a donation page.
7,000 euros have already been raised on the page created by a neo-Nazi from Lower Saxony, apparently a close friend of the deceased.
Another appeal for donations raised 12,000 euros, which will be used to finance a commemorative plaque on the mountain.
It comes from the ‘Bergfreunde Giesen’, whose head is Lutz Giesen, a prominent official of the right-wing scene, organizer and spokesperson of numerous neo-Nazi demonstrations and with multiple previous convictions, including for inciting hatred, according to T-online.
