Rudolf Hess

Biography

Rudolf Walter Richard Hess was a German politician and leading member of the Nazi Party. Appointed Deputy Führer in 1933, he held that position until 1941 when he made a solo flight to Scotland to negotiate peace with the UK during World War II. Convicted of crimes against peace at the 1946 Nuremberg trials, Hess served life and later hanged himself in Spandau Prison at the age of 93.