Rudolf Hess

✶April 26, 1894

†August 17, 1987

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Rudolf Walter Richard Hess was a German politician, convicted war criminal, and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Germany. Appointed Deputy to the Führer 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. He was taken prisoner and eventually convicted of crimes against peace. He was still serving his life sentence and 93 years old at the time of his suicide in 1987.

German Nazi leader and Reich Minister without Portfolio (1894–1987)

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Biography from the article Rudolf Hess on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.