LEAD: For me, the grim 19th century Spandau Prison and Hitler's bunker have long been palpable symbols of Nazi evil.
For me, the grim 19th century Spandau Prison and Hitler's bunker have long been palpable symbols of Nazi evil.
But with Rudolf Hess dead, a suicide, the four Allied powers have begun tearing down the prison, in West Berlin. It will be replaced by a shopping center for British Army personnel. The Allies do not want the prison, where major Nazi war criminals served their sentences, to become a future shrine for neo-Nazis.
Earlier this summer, the East Germans began demolishing the underground bunker, in East Berlin. The area is to become a children's playground.
For me, the grim 19th century Spandau Prison and Hitler's bunker have long been palpable symbols of Nazi evil.
But with Rudolf Hess dead, a suicide, the four Allied powers have begun tearing down the prison, in West Berlin. It will be replaced by a shopping center for British Army personnel. The Allies do not want the prison, where major Nazi war criminals served their sentences, to become a future shrine for neo-Nazis.
Earlier this summer, the East Germans began demolishing the underground bunker, in East Berlin. The area is to become a children's playground.
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