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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 ...
Rudolf Hess, German Nazi 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 Germany.
Rudolf Hess, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler ’s former deputy, is found strangled to death in Spandau Prison in Berlin at the age of 93, apparently the victim of suicide. Hess was the last surviving...
Incredibly, he was Rudolf Hess, a longtime Hitler loyalist, to say the least. Hess joined the Nazi party in 1920, stood with his friend Adolf Hitler at the Beer Hall Putsch, and served in...
Rudolf Hess (1894–1987) was a longstanding personal aide to Adolf Hitler, and deputy party leader of the Nazi Party until 1941. In May 1941, Hess flew to Scotland hoping to make peace between Germany and Britain. He was immediately arrested and imprisoned.
Two days later authorities revealed that a farewell note in a trouser pocket had confirmed what many had already surmised: Rudolph Hess, the last surviving member of Nazi Germany’s high command,...
Rudolf Hess’ Tale of Poison, Paranoia and Tragedy. Why are packets of food that belong to the Nazi war criminal sitting in a Maryland basement? Caren Chesler. October 2014. "I...
Rudolf Hess—a Life (and Death) Shrouded in Mystery. The former deputy Führer of the Third Reich spent most of his life in prison after a supposed peace-seeking flight in 1941 and died under mysterious circumstances. This article appears in: August 2019.
Rudolf Walter Richard Heß [hɛs] (auch Hess; * 26. April 1894 in Alexandria, Ägypten; † 17. August 1987 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Politiker (NSDAP). Heß war ab 1933 Reichsminister ohne Geschäftsbereich und ab 1939 Mitglied des Ministerrates für die Reichsverteidigung.
Rudolf Hess was one of Adolf Hitler’s longest-serving allies. Hess was born in Egypt in 1894, the son of a wealthy expatriate German businessman. He enlisted as an infantryman in World War I and served on both the Western and Eastern Fronts, where he won the Iron Cross for bravery.