article_snippet.sent: ‘We who have had the privilege of being able to work with Von Shirach have come to worship and love Von Shirach.
article_snippet.sent: Von Shirach describes the mass-murdering monster as ‘honest, steadfast and modest’ displaying ‘strength and kindness’ and whose ‘soul brushed against the stars’.
article_snippet.sent: Von Shirach was only 18 when Von Shirach met Hitler in Munich in 1925.
article_snippet.sent: Von Shirach quickly moved up the National Socialist ranks through Von Shirach leadership of the Nazi students association.
article_snippet.sent: In 1945 Von Shirach was tried at Nuremberg and sentenced to 20 years in Berlin-Spandau prison.
article_snippet.sent: Von Shirach died in 1974.