Hess, Rudolf (1894-1987): papers regarding imprisonment 1939-1985

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Hess, Rudolf (1894-1987): papers regarding imprisonment 1939-1985

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Hess, Rudolf, 1894-1987

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Becker, Lutz, b 1930

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Walter Richard Rudolf Hess was born April 26, 1894 and became was a prominent figure in Nazi Germany, acting as Adolf Hitler's deputy in the Nazi Party. On the eve of war with the Soviet Union, he flew solo to Scotland in an attempt to negotiate peace with the United Kingdom, but instead was arrested. He was tried at Nuremberg and sentenced to life internment at Spandau Prison, where he remained until his death in 1987 as a result of strangulation by an electrical cord. The official cause of dea...

Spandau Prison

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