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  1. Rudolf Hess was Adolf Hitler's deputy and, for a while, one of the most powerful figures in Nazi Germany. He is mainly remembered for flying to Britain in 1941 in a bizarre and unsuccessful solo peace mission, which resulted in his arrest and imprisonment for the rest of World War Two.
    Hitler's deputy throughout the 1930s, Hess was a key architect of the Third Reich. In 1941 he mysteriously parachuted into Scotland, claiming to be seeking a peaceful end to the War. He was imprisoned in Britain until the end of the conflict, when he was transported back to Germany to be sentenced to a full-life term at the Nuremburg War Trials.
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    Rudolf Hess (born April 26, 1894, Alexandria, Egypt—died August 17, 1987, West Berlin, West Germany) 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 Germany.
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    Hess was a somewhat neurotic member of Hitler's inner circle best known for his surprise flight to Scotland on May 10, 1941 in which he intended to negotiate peace with the British, but which resulted in his capture and long term imprisonment.
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    Following the end of World War II, Hess was put on trial at Nuremberg along with other leading Nazis. Throughout the ten months of the 1946 war crimes trial, Hess often seemed disoriented as he sat in the courtroom along with other high-ranking Nazis. At times he read a book.
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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 … See more

    Hess, the eldest of three children, was born on 26 April 1894 in al-Ibrahimiyya, a suburb of Alexandria, Egypt (then under British occupation, though formally a part of the Ottoman EmpireSee more

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    After hearing the Nazi Party leader Hitler speak for the first time in 1920 at a Munich rally, Hess became completely devoted to him. They held a shared belief in the stab-in-the-back myth, … See more

    On 30 January 1933, Hitler was appointed Reich Chancellor, his first step in gaining dictatorial control of Germany. Hess was named Deputy Führer (Stellvertreter des Führers) of the … See more

    Hess was found dead on 17 August 1987, aged 93, in a summer house that had been set up in the prison garden as a reading room; he … See more

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    Within weeks of the outbreak of World War I, Hess enlisted in the 7th Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment, part of the 1st Royal Bavarian Division.… See more

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    As the war progressed, Hitler's attention became focused on foreign affairs and the conduct of the war. Hess, who was not directly engaged in… See more

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    From Buchanan Castle, Hess was transferred briefly to the Tower of London and then to Mytchett Place in Surrey, a fortified mansion, … See more

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  4. Rudolf Hess—a Life (and Death) Shrouded in Mystery

    WebThe 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. By Bob Gordon.

  5. Rudolf Hess: Inside the mind of Hitler's deputy - BBC …

    WebApr 8, 2012 · BBC News. Previously unseen notes of an army psychiatrist reveal how the British tried to get inside the mind of Germany's Deputy Fuhrer, Rudolf Hess, during World War II in an attempt to...

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