Word: reitsch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from attending in military dress. In its attempt to downplay Dönitz's death, however, the government inadvertently made an issue of it. The political far right, including West Germany's small but active neo-Nazi fringe, chimed in with praise for the late admiral. Kurt Reitsch, an old navy friend of Dönitz's who is arranging the funeral, criticized Bonn for overreacting. Said Reitsch: "The only uniforms there will be those worn by the police sent to monitor a group of old men paying last respects to a colleague...