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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 World War.
Rudolf Hess, seen here in prison in Nuremberg in 1945, was the last inmate of Spandau Prison. Rudolf Hess, sentenced to life but not released due to ill health (as were Raeder, Funk, or Neurath), served the longest sentence out of the seven and was by far the most demanding of the prisoners. Regarded as being the 'laziest man in Spandau', Hess ...
Rudolf Hess: G: G: I: I Life imprisonment Hitler's Deputy Führer until he flew to Scotland in 1941 in an attempt to broker peace with the United Kingdom. Had been imprisoned since then. After trial, incarcerated at Spandau Prison, where he died by suicide in 1987. [avalon 8] Alfred Jodl: G: G: G: G Execution
The last state prisoner to be held in the Tower, Rudolf Hess, the deputy leader of the Nazi Party, in May 1941. [14] The last person to be executed in the Tower, Josef Jakobs, Nazi spy, shot by a firing squad on 15 August 1941. [15] The last people to be held in the Tower, the Kray twins. [16]
Landsberg Prison is a prison in the town of Landsberg am Lech in the southwest of the German state of Bavaria, about 65 kilometres (40 mi) ... Rudolf Hess. Numerous ...
Warrant Officer Cooksley - Hess's personal warder who helps Hadad on the bequest of Reed-Henry. Major Tom Dade - American Army officer serving in West Berlin who seems keen to help the Lakas'. Rudolf Hess - prisoner no. 7 at Spandau Prison and the world's most closely guarded man.
Huntercombe was built as an internment camp during World War II, and originally known as Camp 020R.It was a reserve camp for Camp 020 at Latchmere House in south London.Camp 020R was mainly used for long term detention, but Rudolf Hess was said to be held there briefly on his way south after he parachuted into Scotland in 1941.
It was also home to the Scots Greys and famously held Adolf Hitler's second-in-command Rudolf Hess during the Second World War after his supposed "Peace" flight to the UK in 1941, at a time when it was used as a prisoner of war camp.