Nathan Worrell claimed that Adolf Hitler was ‘misunderstood’ when arrested for having material to stir up racial hatred (Picture: Getty, MEN Media)

A man on trial for possessing racial hatred material told police that ‘Hitler was misunderstood’, a court heard.

Nathan Worrell, 46, of Grimsby, is also said to have told officers that the Jews died from disease.

The officer said he claimed when arrested that Hitler ‘didn’t kill any Jews’ and there were ‘no gas chambers’.

His home was full of Hitler, SS and Third Reich material as well as references to the Ku Klux Klan, a court heard.


Worrell is on trial at Grimsby Crown Court because he denies six offences of possessing, publishing or distributing material to stir up racial hatred and five of stirring up racial hatred between 2017 and May last year.



The material includes images of Refugees Not Welcome, White Pride Combat 18 in the Area, Diversity is White Genocide and Multiculturism is Genocide.

Nathan Worrell’s home was full of Hitler, SS and Third Reich material, a court heard (Picture: Grimsby Telegraph/MEN Media)

During police interview, he claimed the material was not illegal, but he understood that there had to be a complaint for an offence to have been committed.

Simon Davis, prosecuting, said that police searched Worrell’s home and found material which showed ‘what makes him tick’.

This included Nazi swastikas on his bedside table and wardrobe, symbols of White Pride, the Third Reich and Hitler with the message ‘no more mr nice guy’.

Jurors heard he has also has KKK stickers, clothing with Nazi emblems, and arm bands, coasters and CDs with extreme right wing themes

‘Neo-Nazism is plainly a lifestyle choice for this defendant,’ claimed Mr Davis.

‘His mind is clearly set in that direction.

‘From the time he gets up in the morning to the time he goes to bed, he is surrounded by images of Hitler, the SS, the Third Reich and all the trappings of Neo-Nazism.

‘He sees the SS all around him all day long.’

The material was threatening, abusive or threatening to stir up racial hatred, it was claimed.

Stickers were put up on in various areas of Grimsby which were ‘directed at immigrants and insulting’, added Mr Davis.

Worrell had texted another man about a National Front march in Grimsby and had told him that he would post stickers to him.

Police found 86 stickers and 43 leaflets with racist material about Jews and Muslims.

More than six million Jewish people were systematically murdered by Nazi Germany led by Adolf Hitler in World War Two.

The trial continues.