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that when Berlins infamous Spandau Prisons last inmate, Nazi Rudolf Hess, died, the entire site was demolished, ground into powder and dumped in the sea to stop it becoming a Nazi shrine. A supermarket for British Troops was put in it s place, who nicknamed it Hessco s (after Tesco s)

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Fun Fact: that when Berlins infamous Spandau Prisons last inmate, Nazi Rudolf Hess, died, the entire site was demolished, ground into powder and dumped in the sea to stop it becoming a Nazi shrine. A supermarket for British Troops was put in it’s place, who nicknamed it ‘Hessco’s’ (after Tesco’s)

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