Rudolf Hess(1894-1987)

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Rudolf Walter Richard Hess 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 peace with the United Kingdom during World War II. He was taken prisoner and eventually convicted of crimes against peace. He was still serving his life sentence at the time of his suicide in 1987.

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Rudolf Hess in Triumph Des Willens (1935)

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Triumph Des Willens

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Self - Opens Congress, You Are Germany Speech, at HJ Rally, Reviews Parade, Sits on Hitler's Right, Introduces Hitler, Listens to Hitler, Hitler Is Germany Speech

1935

The First World War

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TV Mini Series

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2003

The Twisted Cross - Twelve Years that Shook the Earth

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Hitler über Deutschland

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Self

1932

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The First World War
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- TV Mini Series
- 2003

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Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today

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Alternative names
- Hess
Height
- 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
Born
- April 26, 1894
- Alexandria, Egypt
Died
- August 17, 1987
- Spandau, Berlin, Germany(suicide)
Spouse
- Ilse PröhlDecember 20, 1927 - August 17, 1987 (his death, 1 child)
Children
- Wolfgang Rüdiger Hess
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On 10 May 1941, flew to Scotland in an effort to persuade the British to sue for peace. The British held him incommunicado for the rest of the war.