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Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (Heß in German; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany. Appointed Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler in 1933, Hess held that position until 1941, when he flew solo to Scotland in an attempt to negotiate the United Kingdom's exit from the Second ...
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- Wolf Rüdiger Hess
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- Nazi Party (1920–1941)
Apr 22, 2024 · Rudolf Hess (born April 26, 1894, Alexandria, Egypt—died August 17, 1987, West Berlin, West Germany) was a German National Socialist who was Adolf Hitler’s deputy as party leader. He created an international sensation when in 1941 he secretly flew to Great Britain on an abortive self-styled mission to negotiate a peace between Britain and ...
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Feb 9, 2010 · Rudolf Hess, a Nazi leader and Hitler's former deputy, was found strangled in Spandau Prison in 1987. He had tried to negotiate peace with Britain in 1941 and was sentenced to life imprisonment at Nuremberg.
Rudolf Hess was a deputy leader of the Nazi Party and a personal aide to Adolf Hitler. He was tried and sentenced to life imprisonment at Nuremberg for conspiracy and crimes against peace, but committed suicide in 1987.
Rudolf Hess, a longtime Hitler loyalist and deputy Fuhrer, parachuted into Scotland in May 1941, claiming to seek peace with Britain. His mission failed and he spent the rest of the war in prison, but the true motives and consequences of his flight remain unclear.
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Learn about the life and death of Rudolf Hess, the former deputy leader of Nazi Germany who flew to Scotland in 1941 to seek peace with Britain. Discover his eccentric personality, his obsession with astrology and the occult, and the controversies surrounding his imprisonment and suicide.