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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rudolf_HessRudolf Hess - Wikipedia

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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 ...

2. www.britannica.com › biography › Rudolf-HessRudolf Hess | Biography & Facts | Britannica

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   Jun 24, 2024 · 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.

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   • An early member of the Nazi Party, Rudolf Hess participated in the abortive Beer Hall Putsch in Munich (1923), transcribed and edited Adolf Hitler’...
   • The death of Rudolf Hess was officially ruled a suicide. According to a report by the Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military Police, He...
   • Rudolf Hess died in Spandau Prison in West Berlin, where Nazi officials who had been sentenced to imprisonment at the Nürnberg trials were housed....
   • Rudolf Hess is most famous for undertaking a secret solo flight from Bavaria to Scotland in May 1941 to deliver proposals for peace between Germany...

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4. encyclopedia.ushmm.org › en › articleRudolf Hess | Holocaust Encyclopedia

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   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.

5. www.history.com › this-day-in-history › hitlers-lastRudolf Hess, Hitler’s last living henchman, dies - HISTORY

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   Feb 9, 2010 · 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...

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7. warfarehistorynetwork.com › article › rudolf-hess-aRudolf Hess—a Life (and Death) Shrouded in Mystery

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   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.

8. time.com › archive › 6710169Rudolf Hess: 1894-1987: The Inmate of Spandau’s Last Wish

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   Aug 31, 1987 · As Adolf Hitler’s closest friend and the former deputy to the Fuhrer of the Third Reich, Hess was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Nuremberg trials in 1946. He remained Spandau’s only ...

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   Who was Rudolf Hess?

   • 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.

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   Was Rudolf Hess a Nazi leader?

   • Rudolf Hess, at right, was a Nazi leader when he flew to Scotland in May of 1941. AP On the night of May 10, 1941, a Scottish farmer named David McLean found a German Messerschmitt airplane ablaze in his field and a parachutist who identified himself as Captain Alfred Horn.

   Will We Ever Know Why Nazi Leader Rudolf Hess Flew to Scotland in the

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   How did Rudolph Hess die?

   • An autopsy showed that he had died of asphyxiation. 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, had finally escaped his captors by taking his own life at the age of 93.

   Rudolf Hess: 1894-1987: The Inmate of Spandau’s Last Wish

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   Was Rudolf Hess a prisoner?

   • Hess was wounded in the chest during World War I, yet the prisoner had no scars, according to Thomas. It was seemingly irrefutable evidence that the prisoner in Spandau was not Rudolf Hess. Regardless of the identity of the prisoner, he was found dead on Monday, August 17, 1987, in the summer house in the prison garden.

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10. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › will-we-ever-knowWill We Ever Know Why Nazi Leader Rudolf Hess Flew to ...

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    May 10, 2016 · Rudolf Hess, at right, was a Nazi leader when he flew to Scotland in May of 1941. AP. On the night of May 10, 1941, a Scottish farmer named David McLean found a German Messerschmitt...