to Spain to avoid the prison sentence. From there he supported the activities internationally of people publicly questioning the historical veracity of the Holocaust, such as Fred Leuchter and Germar Rudolf. The High Court of Spain ruled against requests made by the German Government for his extradition back to Germany, stating that he had not committed any crimes under Spanish law. Helmut Friebe, a leader of the Alliance of German Soldiers and former Generalleutnant of the Wehrmacht, had the following to say about Remer: "No judgment will be made here as to whether his decision on 20 July was right or wrong. But the consequences of his decision were so terrible,... that we old soldiers had expected that a man to whom destiny gave such a burden to carry until the end of his life would recognize this, and would thereafter live quietly and in reclusion. We, his former comrades, lack any sympathy for the fact that Herr Remer fails to summon up this attitude of self-effacement". Death Remer died at Marbella in southern Spain on 4 October 1997, at the age of 85 from natural causes. His ashes were buried in an undisclosed location in Germany. In popular culture Oberst Remer was portrayed by German actor Thomas Kretschmann in the 2008 movie Valkyrie. Awards Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 May 1940) & 1st Class (12 June 1940) German Cross in Gold on 29 August 1942 as Hauptmann in IV./Infanterie-Regiment "Großdeutschland" Close-Combat Clasp in Silver Wound-Badge in Silver Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 18 May 1943 as Major and commander of I./Grenadier-Regiment "Großdeutschland" 325th Oak Leaves on 12 November 1943 as Major and commander of the I.(gepanzert)/Grenadier-Regiment (motorized) "Großdeutschland" References Citations Bibliography External links Germany's New Nazis 1951 pamphlet about Otto Ernst Remer and other neo--nazis 1912 births 1997 deaths People from Neubrandenburg People from Mecklenburg-Strelitz Deutsche Rechtspartei politicians Socialist Reich Party politicians Major generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht) German Holocaust deniers Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights European Court of Human Rights cases involving Germany Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Recipients of the Gold German Cross Holocaust denial in Spain German expatriates in Egypt German expatriates in Syria Military personnel from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania German Army officers of World War II